Assistant Vice President - Security Architecture

About the role

As a Cyber Architect at EXL, you will design and govern the security posture of AI-driven platforms and enterprise systems across EXL's client portfolio — spanning BFSI, healthcare, and insurance. You will own end-to-end security architecture aligned with OpenAI Daybreak, NIST, and zero-trust principles, and embed AI-native vulnerability management into EXL's delivery model.

What you'll do

• Partner with CISOs, engineering leads, and compliance teams
• Architect security controls for multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) including IAM, data encryption, network segmentation, and secure API design
• Ensure architecture decisions comply with applicable frameworks — NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, and sector-specific mandates
• Track emerging threat landscapes, AI cyber tooling, and vendor capability (e.g., OpenAI Daybreak partner program)

What you need

• 20–30 yrs of experience
• Penetration testing
• CISSP
• CISM
• AWS
• LLMs
• Azure
• M.Sc or B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or M.Tech or MCA

Good to have

• Financial statements
• Vulnerability assessment
• IAM
• ISO 27001
• Data privacy
• GCP