Senior Architect
Date: 10 Mar 2026
Location: Bangalore, India
Company: Wissen Infotech Private Limited
About Us
Established in the year 2000 in the US, we have global offices in the US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, Vietnam, and Canada, with best-in-class infrastructure and development facilities spread across the globe. We are an end-to-end solution provider in Banking & Financial Services, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing & Energy verticals and have successfully delivered $1 billion worth of projects for more than 20 Fortune 500 companies.
Position Name
Security Compliance Architect
Experience
16+ Years
Location
Bangalore
Shift Timings
Custom
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Architecting and executing a robust controls assurance framework that ensures the design and operating effectiveness of critical security, IT, and business process controls across the enterprise. Reporting to senior leadership, this role drives strategic alignment between risk appetite, regulatory obligations, and control performance, embedding assurance into governance and decision-making.
- Maintain a unified control library linking risks, regulations, policies, controls (preventive/detective/corrective). Design and execute risk-based test plans including Security technical testing. The specialist will lead walkthroughs, sampling, and evidence collection with defensible documentation, manage remediation cycles through Management Action Plans, and ensure timely closure of findings.
- This role partners with IT, Security, and Business units to embed security-as-code in cloud and on prem environments, validate secure SDLC practices, Reporting to senior leadership, this role oversees the compliance lifecycle—obligation identification, control mapping, evidence management, and audit readiness, requires strong knowledge of ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SACS-002, SABIC and various regulations such as GDPR, NIS/NIS2, ITAR, as well as expertise in GRC platforms, SIEM/SOAR, and automation tools.
- Lead assurance engagements, coordinate internal/external audits and certifications, client assurance requests, and regulatory inspections; manage responses, corrective action governance, manage remediation of findings, and develop regulatory playbooks for breach reporting and regulator engagements.
- The ideal candidate combines deep regulatory knowledge with strategic communication skills, influencing leadership decisions on compliance investments and embedding a culture of accountability and transparency across the enterprise.
- Success is measured by reduction in critical control failures, accelerated remediation timelines, and delivery of executive-ready dashboards that translate technical assurance into business impact.
- Provide board ready insights and recommendations on vendor resilience, control health, and compliance posture.
- Translate technical findings into business impact (financial, operational, reputational) and propose prioritized investments. Influence sourcing and architecture decisions to reduce systemic and concentration risk.
- Drive continuous improvement, Conduct maturity assessments, benchmark against industry peers, and recommend enhancements to control frameworks, assurance methodologies, and compliance processes.
- Mentor and Guide junior GRC professionals, cross-functional teams (engineering, operations, legal), and business units on controls assurance best practices and compliance obligations.
- Monitor regulatory evolution, Track changes in global sector specific regulations and standards; proactively recommend updates to policies, controls, and assurance programs.
- Collaborate strategically, Partner with risk management, internal audit, legal, procurement, and project delivery teams to integrate assurance and compliance into projects and other company offerings.
Competencies
Key Skills
Soft Skills
Good communication skills
Qualification
Any Degree
Certifications