EXL · 12 hours ago
Senior Assistant Vice President- Application & Cloud Security
Jersey City, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$125K/yr - $155K/yr
10+ years expEXL is a leading operations management and analytics company that helps businesses enhance growth and profitability. They are seeking a Senior Assistant Vice President to lead their Product Security function, focusing on application and cloud security capabilities across the firm, while collaborating with various teams to embed security into the delivery model.
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Responsibilities
Define and execute the security strategy for application and cloud environments, aligned to business priorities, delivery timelines, and compliance requirements
Lead by example with a strong hands-on presence in technology, tooling, and program execution
Proactively identify, assess, and track vulnerabilities, control gaps, and architectural risks across products and cloud platforms
Prioritize remediation efforts based on risk, business impact, and threat intelligence—partnering with engineering teams to drive resolution
Provide real-time advisory to development teams during design, build, and release stages
Scale security guardrails and developer-friendly tooling across hybrid and cloud-native environments (AWS, containers, IaC, etc.)
Champion threat modeling, secure coding practices, and resilience-by-design at the feature level
Define and govern secure reference architectures and patterns for cloud adoption, microservices, and serverless environments
Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture team and serve as a core member of the Security Architecture Review Board (SARB)
Deploy and optimize a modern security tooling stack including SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, CSPM, secrets detection, and runtime protection
Act as a key collaborator across product, engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps teams—reducing security friction and aligning controls with workflows
Build trust through enablement, education, and repeatable guidance frameworks
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of AppSec and CloudSec professionals
Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and technical excellence within the team
Define and report on KPIs/KRIs tied to application and cloud security posture, remediation progress, and control maturity
Support compliance, audit, and customer security assurance initiatives
Qualification
Required
10+ years in cybersecurity with a focus on application and/or cloud security
5+ years of team leadership, with proven experience building and scaling security engineering functions
Execution experience and capability in a fast-paced environment
Demonstrated ability to balance strategic direction with hands-on technical execution
Strong expertise in secure SDLC, threat modeling, DevSecOps, and cloud-native architectures
Experience in securing modern technology stacks including Java, Python, microservices, container orchestration, and public cloud (preferably AWS)
Familiarity with key tooling: SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, secrets detection, CSPM, WAF, and API security platforms
Proficiency in cloud infrastructure security (IAM, networking, data protection, KMS, etc.)
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field; advanced degree or certifications (e.g., CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty) preferred
Research and evaluate emerging privacy technologies from academia and industry, contributing to open-source tools and AI privacy standards
Act as consultant and advocate for privacy best practices as central to our mission of Responsible AI
Preferred
Experience building or advising on AI/ML privacy practices, including model governance, training data management, or privacy risk mitigation in LLM pipelines
Prior experience working in high-sensitivity or regulated industries, such as security, healthcare, or fintech
Contributions to open source, policy working groups, or public thought leadership on privacy engineering
Strong communicator with the ability to positively influence engineers, developers, architects, and business leaders alike
Thoughtful, pragmatic, and able to execute in a high-velocity, agile environment
Deeply collaborative and experienced at embedding security into developer culture
Track record of reducing risk without slowing down innovation
Being articulate and precise to the internal stakeholders who are seeking counsel on what are the risks, why are they impactful, and options on how to resolve them
Broad knowledge across the Security domain, as well as demonstrated focus in AI security evaluations and in one (or more) areas of Cybersecurity such as Red Teaming, Purple Teaming, Vulnerability Research, and Exploitation
Master's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Information Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, Cyber Security, Information Assurance, or related field
Company
EXL
EXL is a provider of Transformation and Outsourcing services to Global 1000 companies in multiple industries
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$150MKey Investors
The Orogen GroupFTV Capital
2018-10-02Post Ipo Debt· $150M
2006-10-20IPO
2004-12-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Rohit Kapoor
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Brad Burdick
SVP, Insurance Domain Platforms
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