National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)

Lead Threat Intelligence

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Hyderabad, Telangana, IND

In-Office

Entry level

Fintech • Payments • Financial Services

The Role

Leads the cyber threat intelligence program by monitoring global threats, analyzing adversaries and attack patterns, producing intelligence reports, supporting investigations and threat hunting, and operationalizing intelligence through SIEM rules, KQL queries, Sigma rules, YARA signatures, detection use cases, and executive briefings.

Summary Generated by Built In

Key Responsibilities Threat Intelligence Operations Lead the development, execution, and continuous improvement of the Cyber Threat Intelligence program. Monitor, analyze, and assess global cyber threats impacting the BFSI industry. Produce strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence reports for technical and executive stakeholders. Track emerging threat actors, cyber crime groups, nation-state actors, and financially motivated attackers. Identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), Indicators of Attack (IOAs), and adversary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). Leverage MITRE ATT&CK framework to map adversary behavior and identify detection gaps. Analyze attack patterns targeting banking applications, digital payment platforms, online banking services, and financial transaction systems. Support incident investigations by providing threat context, attribution analysis, and intelligence-driven insights. Develop intelligence-led hunting hypotheses and prioritize threat-hunting activities based on business risk. Collect intelligence from commercial, open-source, dark web, industry, and government intelligence feeds. Evaluate source credibility and intelligence reliability using structured analytical techniques. Track ransomware groups, phishing campaigns, financial malware, fraud operations, and supply chain threats relevant to BFSI organizations. Monitor geopolitical developments and assess potential cyber impacts on financial services operations. Collaborate with SOC and Detection Engineering teams to operationalize threat intelligence. Develop and enhance detection use cases, SIEM analytics rules, watchlists, and threat indicators. Create and maintain KQL queries, Sigma rules, and YARA signatures. Improve detection coverage by aligning monitoring capabilities with emerging threat intelligence. Present intelligence findings and cyber risk assessments to senior leadership and executive stakeholders. Lead threat intelligence briefings and awareness sessions for technical and non-technical audiences.

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The Company

HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra

2,124 Employees

Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

NPCI is an umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems in India. It was set up with the support & guidance from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) & Indian Banks Association (IBA). A registered company under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. Watch the NPCI Corporate AV - https://youtu.be/RGl9YQ6CB20 Products & Services Unified Payments Interface Unique payment solution which empowers a recipient to initiate the payment request from a smartphone. It facilitates 'virtual payment address' as a payment identifier for sending & collecting money & works on single click 2 factor authentication. Immediate Payment Service A 24X7, real time, cost effective, independent channel, retail payment service, introduced by NPCI, empowering customers to transfer money instantly with banks & RBI authorised PPIs across India. RuPay Robust card scheme designed to offer payment products with superior features & processes specifically designed to cater to diverse consumer needs. *99# USSD based mobile banking platform that makes banking services accessible to all the bank account holders on their mobile phones. National Automated Clearing House Centralised payment system developed with an aim to consolidate multiple ECS systems running across the country & provide a framework for the removal of local barriers/inhibitors. Aadhaar Enabled Payment System Bank led model which allows online financial inclusion transactions at micro-ATMs through the business correspondent of any bank using the Aadhaar authentication. e-KYC Electronic way of conducting authentic & real time KYC of a customer using Aadhaar authentication. Cheque Truncation System Electronic image of the cheque is transmitted to the drawee bank by the clearing house, along with relevant information. National Financial Switch Facilitates routing of ATM transactions through inter-connectivity between its member institutions thereby enabling the citizens of the country to utilise any ATM of a connected entity