MBSS Security Lead (Hardening & Compliance)
Nokia is hiring a Security Lead to drive the execution of Minimum Baseline Security Standards for telecom and IT infrastructure. The role involves designing hardening controls, overseeing compliance scanning for over 120,000 nodes, and leading governance meetings with internal and external stakeholders. You will work with diverse telecom network architectures, including 2G-5G products, ensuring security adherence across complex environments. This position requires extensive experience with compliance standards and large-scale security operations.
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Experience
12-15 years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Hybrid, India
Company
Tier 2
What you will work on
Nokia is hiring a Security Lead to drive the execution of Minimum Baseline Security Standards for telecom and IT infrastructure. The role involves designing hardening controls, overseeing compliance scanning for over 120,000 nodes, and leading governance meetings with internal and external stakeholders. You will work with diverse telecom network architectures, including 2G-5G products, ensuring security adherence across complex environments. This position requires extensive experience with compliance standards and large-scale security operations.
TAL's take
High seniority lead role at a reputable global telecom company with significant scale of 120k+ nodes.
Extremely well-defined scope focusing on MBSS hardening, compliance, and specific telecom infrastructure scale.
Salaries at Nokia
21.1 LPA average
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13 LPA average
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Must haves
- B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science, IT, or Electronics & Telecommunications
- CISA or CISSP certification
- 12-15 years of professional experience
- Deep knowledge of CIS Benchmarks and NIST
- Telecom node architecture knowledge (2G-5G, Core, RAN, Tx, IP Fabric)
- Experience managing security compliance across 50,000+ nodes using automated tools like BladeLogic
Tools and skills
Nice to have: gcwn, gcux, ccnp security, nokia nrs ii, ccsp, azure security engineer.
About the company
Global telecom leader with strong engineering footprint, categorized as tier 2 in the context of pure software-product Tier 1 benchmarks.
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