Appen

Provides human-annotated data for AI training

IT Security Analyst

Security Operations & Incident Response +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time₹500k - ₹900k /yrRemote

About the Job

Requirements

1–3 years of experience in a security operations or security analyst role.
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender XDR, Sentinel, and Entra ID.
Experience leading security incidents and producing incident reports.
Working knowledge of ISO 27001 controls and audit processes.
Experience with identity and access management, access reviews, privileged access management, and patch management.
Proficiency with KQL and PowerShell or Python.
Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Protect the organization's information assets by operating and improving security controls.
Operate security operations across Microsoft Defender, lead incident response, maintain ISO 27001 documentation, and drive identity, access, and patch management.
Monitor, triage, and resolve alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel; tune detections to reduce false positives and improve response times.
Lead incidents end-to-end through containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned; maintain the Incident Response Plan and playbooks.
Maintain ISMS policies, risk register, and audit evidence; support internal and external audits and close findings.
Administer Entra ID, including Conditional Access and MFA; run quarterly user and privileged access reviews and enforce least privilege.
Operate the Privileged Access Management solution, including PIM and break-glass accounts.
Own vulnerability remediation and monthly patch cycles; report compliance against SLAs.
Manage security licences and Sentinel log ingestion to optimise cost without reducing coverage.

About the Role

The IT Security Analyst protects the organization's information assets by operating and improving our security controls. The role owns security operations across Microsoft Defender, leads incident response, maintains ISO 27001 documentation, and drives identity, access and patch management.

Your Impact

SOC & Alert Management: Monitor, triage and resolve alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel; tune detections to reduce false positives and improve response times.
Incident Response: Lead incidents end-to-end (containment, eradication, recovery, lessons
learned); maintain the Incident Response Plan and playbooks.
ISO 27001: Maintain ISMS policies, risk register and audit evidence; support internal and
external audits and close findings.
IAM & Access Reviews: Administer Entra ID (Conditional Access, MFA); run quarterly user and
privileged access reviews and enforce least privilege.
PAM: Operate the Privileged Access Management solution, including PIM and break-glass
accounts.
Patch & Vulnerability Management: Own vulnerability remediation and monthly patch cycles;
report compliance against SLAs.
Cost Optimisation: Manage security licences and Sentinel log ingestion to optimise cost
without reducing coverage.

What You Bring

1–3 years' experience in a security operations or security analyst role.
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender XDR, Sentinel and Entra ID.
Experience leading security incidents and producing incident reports.
Working knowledge of ISO 27001 controls and audit processes.
Experience with IAM, access reviews, PAM and patch management.
Proficiency with KQL and PowerShell or Python.
Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Compensation

India: ₹5L–9L per year (CTC)

Philippines: ₱45k–60k per month (₱540k–720k per year)

Why You'll Love Working Here

At Appen, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We value curiosity, accountability, and a commitment to delivering the highest quality AI solutions for frontier models.

You'll work on complex challenges that shape the future of AI across industries and geographies, alongside talented people in a culture that values humility over ego. You'll have the flexibility to deliver in a way that works for you and your team, supported by tools, resources, and development opportunities to continue to build your capability over time.

About Appen

Appen has been a leader in AI training data for over 30 years. We specialise in human generated data to train, fine tune, and evaluate models across generative AI, large language models, computer vision, and speech recognition. Our AI assisted data annotation platform and global crowd of more than 1 million contributors in over 200 countries support model pre training, supervised fine tuning, evaluation and benchmarking, safety and red teaming, and multilingual global expansion.

About the Company

Appen

Provides human-annotated data for AI training

Appen creates and curates large datasets used to train and improve artificial intelligence. It relies on a global, crowdsourced workforce to produce human-annotated data across text, images, audio, and video, which powers AI systems such as search engines and social feeds. Its products include data annotation services and platforms (like Figure Eight) and specialized data like mobile location data (Quadrant) to support ML pipelines. The company differentiates itself through scale, a broad range of data types, and a history of strategic acquisitions that expand its capabilities (e.g., Leapforce for search relevance, Figure Eight for annotation tooling, Quadrant for location data), enabling end-to-end data supply for enterprise AI. Its goal is to help organizations build reliable AI by providing high-quality labeled data and to capitalize on opportunities in generative and enterprise AI while returning to profitability under new leadership.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Sydney NSW, Australia
Founded: 1996

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