CyberSecurity Specialist - IAM

Cognizant is hiring a CyberSecurity Specialist - IAM in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The details below summarise the employer's own listing; applications happen on the original posting, not on GetFirstJob.

What the work involves

• #Cyber Security Experts#
• Job Title : CyberSecurity Specialist
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to reduce security risk and support sustainable business growth while maintaining a strong focus on operational resilience and regulatory compliance in a day shift role
• Technology : Custom Service
• Develop and implement robust identity and access management strategies that protect critical network infrastructure and ensure that authorized users receive appropriate and timely access while minimizing security risk through consistent controls and monitoring
• Monitor endpoint security solutions across diverse platforms to detect vulnerabilities and emerging threats and coordinate rapid remediation actions that maintain system integrity and minimize disruption to business operations
• Design and enforce data security policies that safeguard sensitive information in transit and at rest through strong controls and continuous oversight of data handling activities across applications and infrastructure environment
• Collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to integrate security

What they are looking for

• Serve as a cybersecurity specialist focused on critical network infrastructure applying expertise in identity and access management data protection and endpoint security to safeguard enterprise systems in a hybrid work model
• Experience : 5
• Required Skills : Technical Skills: IAM Data Security Endpoint Security Management Domain Skills:
• Nice to have skills : Domain Skills:Sales & Marketing
• into project plans and system designs so that cyber risks are proactively addressed and long term resilience is built into every delivery
• Conduct regular risk assessments for identity and access management data protection and endpoint security domains and translate findings into actionable remediation plans that strengthen security posture and reduce incident frequency
• Configure and maintain security tools for endpoint protection data loss prevention and identity governance while ensuring accurate logging alerting and reporting that support timely incident triage and forensic analysis
• Coordinate incident response activities for security events affecting identities endpoints or data by analyzing impact communicating status to stakeholders and driving containment and recovery steps that restore normal operations

Pay and dates

The listing does not state pay. The source page shows a relative posting age rather than an exact posting date; this role was first seen and checked as open on 4 November 2026. The source page showed it as posted “1 week ago” when captured; that is a relative stamp, not an exact date.

How to apply

Apply on the listing where the employer published this role: CyberSecurity Specialist - IAM at Cognizant. We found this listing via linkedin.com; it was still open when we checked on 4 November 2026. If the posting has closed or the link fails, the role may have been filled.