Cyber Security Defence & Response Expert

Ferrero

Pune, INonsitePosted Jul 6, 2026
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About the role

People & Organization

Job ID:

76485

Pune, MH, IN (On-Site)

Permanent

About the Role:

The Cybersecurity Defence & Response Expert will be a part of the Global Cyber Defence & Response Team, being engaged both in operations and development side of the cyber defensive function. The Cybersecurity Defence & Response Expert will also perform strategic and managerial activities like leading a project, managing incident coordination or leading a team.

The role involves interactions, multidepartment collaboration and business priorities, giving options to versatile development. As part of their responsibilities, the Defence & Response Expert will work to improve cyber defensive posture through work on visibility, monitoring, detection, response, threat intelligence, threat and environment manipulation, data science and informing general Cybersecurity team on proposed companywide improvements.

Main Responsibilities:

Analyse alerts to identify malicious behaviours and threat actors;

Cooperate with all Cyber Defence constituencies on cyber defense operations;

Support the implementation of operational and strategic changes to cyber defense function;

Participate and lead strategic development of the function;

Represent Cyber Defence function to stakeholders during summaries and reporting;

Develop cross domain procedures and cooperation for operational excellence;

Coordinate work between multiple projects;

Lead high and highest severity incident management

Perform on-the-host and on-the-network triage, initiate remediation efforts;

Perform tactical actions to respond to cyber element; triage, data analysis, malware analysis, containment, live response, eradication etc.;

Cooperate with IT/OT as well as any other function required for incident response;

Hand over or accept pending incident analysis from another time zones;

Integrate multiple data sources via API, query languages, reports or custom scripts;

As part of Asia Hub, the Cyber Defence and Response Expert will liaise with Region Cybersecurity team to inform on Global and Regional developments within the cyber threats operations and Cyber Defence projects

About You:

Higher degree in technical sciences, social sciences or general scientific field, mainly: At bachelor level a BSc, BCs, BEng or BEng (Tech); At master level a Cybersecurity, MEng, MCompliance, MCompSci, MInf, or related field.

8+ years of experience in a similar position or in cybersecurity consultancy

Past responsibilities within the following roles SOC operator, SOC analyst, Event Analyst, First Responder or similar

Experience with managing multi-party incident coordination

Knowledge in managing project in agile fashion

Experience with modern and automated tech supporting forensics, network or host response, collection of data, monitoring, analysis, malware analysis, postmortem investigation etc.

Understanding of the defensive operations and improvements like security tool administration, detection rule engineering, scripting, cloud security solution, query languages

Experience in Manufacturing and/or Food & Beverage Environment is considered a plus

Experience with tools and methods for centralized and decentralized log review, live response and forensics

Experience with cloud solutions and modern technology via API, scripting and general engineering

Clearness in communicating complex observations in technical environment

In depth understanding of incident management and engineering processes

Network services and protocols

PowerShell, SQL-like query languages

Job Referral Code - B

About Ferrero:

Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.

DE&I at Ferrero:

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.

Find out more here.

Our Application Process

We’re constantly looking for talented individuals who are ready to be part of our dynamic and growing organization. Ferrero is a company with a global presence and family values. Join us!

1. Apply

Complete your online application, upload your CV and include brief cover letter to help us understand your experience and interests

2. Assess

Our HR team will arrange a phone or video interview if we feel your qualifications are a good match for the job

3. Interview

If the first interview goes well, you’ll be invited to speak with a Ferrero manager to assess your competencies, technical aptitude and fit within our dynamic organization

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