Specialist, Information Security and Privacy

About the role

Mindtickle is scaling its Information Security and Privacy team to ensure enterprise-grade trust is measurable and continuously improving. The Specialist owns external security ratings, bug bounty triage, and vulnerability validation while partnering with Engineering and GTM to maintain a secure posture. This hybrid role is based in Pune or Bengaluru.

What you’ll do

• Manage Mindtickle's standing on external security rating platforms like SecurityScorecard and UpGuard
• Validate incoming vulnerability findings across bug bounties, third-party pentests, and customer reports via self-PoC
• Run the bug bounty program end-to-end, coordinating researcher communications and reward decisions
• Perform security reviews of products, pull requests, and infrastructure-as-code to catch vulnerabilities early
• Review AWS account configurations, network architecture, and core protocols to uncover misconfigurations
• Partner with Engineering and DevOps to strengthen automated security checks within CI/CD pipelines
• Translate validated findings into actionable Jira tickets with clear exploitation paths and remediation options
• Track open security issues through to final resolution and validate fixes post-sign-off

What you’ll bring

• Practical experience in application security, vulnerability management, or security operations
• Proven capability to independently validate and triage vulnerabilities using tools like Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, sqlmap, or Nmap
• Strong command of the OWASP Top 10, including XSS, SQL injection, broken authentication, and access control flaws
• Solid grasp of networking fundamentals, core protocols (TLS/SSL, OAuth 2.0, SAML), and AWS cloud security configurations
• Hands-on familiarity with CI/CD tooling, infrastructure-as-code like Terraform, and container security

Skills

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible hybrid work
• Unlimited paid time off, plus company holidays and all statutory leave entitlements
• Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family
• Equity participation