Senior Cybersecurity Engineer – Exposure Management

Syneos Health

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer advancing CTEM and risk-based exposure management at Syneos Health, a global life sciences services organization. Driving remediation, threat analysis, metrics, and enterprise security maturity.

Posted 8/7/2026full-timeHyderabad • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in vulnerability management and exposure management, with a strong focus on risk-based decision-making and cross-functional collaboration. Proficient in translating technical findings into business-relevant narratives and leading initiatives to enhance exposure management maturity.

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Cybersecurity ExperienceVulnerability ManagementCTEM Lifecycle ConceptsRisk-Based Decision MakingCross-Functional Leadership

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Hard Skills

Exposure ManagementThreat-Informed DefenseCloud SecurityInfrastructure SecuritySecurity Operations EngineeringData Analysis MethodsAutomationAPIsScriptingVulnerability/Exposure Platforms

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationMentoringConsensus BuildingProblem SolvingCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

EDR/XDRCMDB/CAASMCloud/CNAPP/CSPMIdentity/IAMASM/EASMITSMSIEM/SOARThreat Intelligence Sources

Industry Keywords

Risk AcceptanceResidual Risk ReportingExposure Review CyclesGovernance RoutinesCompensating Controls

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AssemblyCloudCyber SecurityITSM

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define, implement, and continuously improve the CTEM lifecycle across scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization
Translate exposure management strategy into repeatable operating processes, decision criteria, governance routines, and measurable outcomes
Identify maturity gaps across asset coverage, signal quality, prioritization, validation, remediation ownership, exception handling, and executive reporting
Partner with security, infrastructure, cloud, endpoint, identity, application, architecture, and business teams to establish shared accountability for exposure reduction
Drive structured exposure review cycles toward validated, risk-based remediation and measurable risk reduction
Engineer and operate exposure management capabilities across infrastructure, cloud, endpoints, identity, applications, and third-party surfaces
Maintain and enhance tooling aggregating vulnerability data, asset context, threat intelligence, and exploitability signals
Ensure accurate asset discovery, coverage validation, and telemetry quality across the enterprise attack surface
Drive risk- and threat-informed prioritization using exploit intelligence, threat actor activity, asset criticality, and compensating controls
Correlate exposure data with threat intelligence and adversary TTPs
Support zero-day and emerging threat response through rapid exposure analysis
Define and maintain CTEM outcome metrics and build executive, operational, engineering, and audit views
Convert technical findings into business-relevant narratives supporting prioritization, funding, architecture decisions, and remediation mobilization
Identify recurring exposure patterns and recommend control, architecture, automation, or process improvements
Lead exposure reduction initiatives across teams without direct reporting authority
Facilitate remediation planning across infrastructure, cloud, endpoint, application, identity, SOC, GRC, and business stakeholders
Build consensus on ownership, prioritization, compensating controls, exception paths, and remediation timelines
Escalate systemic blockers with clear options, residual risk framing, and recommended decisions
Mentor analysts and engineers while raising exposure management maturity
Collaborate with SMEs to define mitigation strategies and/or compensating controls
Provide leadership with clear, defensible views of exposure and residual risk
Provide operational guidance to and oversight of managed server provider technicians

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of cybersecurity experience, including significant hands-on experience in vulnerability management, exposure management, threat-informed defense, cloud security, infrastructure security, or security operations engineering
Demonstrated experience operating or maturing a risk-based vulnerability management, exposure management, or CTEM-aligned program
Proven ability to lead cross-functional remediation initiatives without direct reporting authority
Strong understanding of CTEM lifecycle concepts: scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization
Experience correlating asset context, exploitability, threat intelligence, business criticality, control state, and remediation feasibility into defensible prioritization decisions
Hands-on experience with vulnerability/exposure platforms and related ecosystem tools, including scanners, EDR/XDR, CMDB/CAASM, cloud/CNAPP/CSPM, identity/IAM, ASM/EASM, ITSM, SIEM/SOAR, and threat intelligence sources
Experience with SLA models, exception workflows, compensating controls, risk acceptance, residual risk reporting, and validated closure
Ability to communicate exposure and residual risk clearly to engineering, operations, security leadership, and non-technical stakeholders
Working knowledge of automation, APIs, scripting, or data analysis methods used to improve exposure management workflows
Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered

Benefits

Comp & perks

Career development and progression
Supportive and engaged line management
Technical and therapeutic area training
Peer recognition
Total rewards program
Inclusive culture
Comprehensive resources including emerging technologies, data, science and knowledge sharing
Diverse career paths and employment opportunities