Technologist

Location: Noida Berger Tower, India

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

The Technologist will be responsible for the following functions:

•    Identify technology trends that CPL should watch. These trends (such as PQC, FHE, distributed identity, confidential computing, AI/ML, GenAI, etc.) could be relevant for the future (mid-term and long-term) growth of the CPL product portfolio.
•    Identify market trends, especially in cloud-native technologies, and AI, and thus influence CPL's strategic direction for innovation and product deployment.
•    Work hands-on with business development (BD), product line management (PLM), and Strategy teams to discover technical and/or business “problems” that if addressed will bring business value to our customers.
•    Design and implement quick proof of concepts (PoC) to help validate technology choices and bridge the gap between innovation and the general availability of corresponding product features.
•    As a problem set becomes better understood, work with R&D, and strategic technology partners to design, architect, bootstrap, and mature PoC to its first demonstrator. Subsequently, coordinate project transfer (artifacts, tooling, pipelines, documentation, etc.) to R&D.
•    Gather and analyze customer feedback through a common CPL framework involving sales, product, and marketing, and align value proposition with market needs through the development and go-to-market process.
•    Help evaluate opportunity size for specific value propositions, from market data, customer feedback, and internal data.
•    Identify potential value gaps and opportunities with current CPL strategy.
•    Help identify and assess the technical strength of potential acquisition/partnership targets as part of CPL's long-term strategy.
•    Articulate technical designs and innovation ideas to customers and work with their senior architects to refine/update these technical designs and create business value.
•    Work closely with DIS innovation teams as needed by offering technology/business/strategy perspective to augment or reevaluate a perceived technology match.

The Technologist should have the following:

• Bachelors (B.S) degree in computer science or engineering from an accredited university.

• At least 10 years of experience in leading companies in areas of digital identity data security and cybersecurity.

• At least 3 years in the role of systems architect or technologist.

• Sound and in-depth understanding of technologies used in the CPL product portfolio; These include:

  • Cloud-native technologies; containers, micro-services, serverless functions, orchestration tools, etc.

  • Data encryption and key management principles and techniques

  • Modern cryptographic algorisms and protocols

  • Key handling options including BYOK, HYOK, etc.

  • Root of Trust and Hardware Security Module (HSM)

  • On-premises vs. cloud difference related to encryption and key management

  • API security and API management

  • Cloud data storage and security offerings from Google, AWS, Microsoft

  • Container security frameworks, and secrets management

  • Understanding of basic AI, ML, and GenAI terminology.

• Strong business insight with the ability to combine technical know-how and industry watch, determine how these changes will impact CPL products, and then suggest corrective actions; through partnerships, innovation, our roadmap changes, or merger & acquisition discussions.

• Comfortable with software development environments, and able to code proof of concept ideas into working demos.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

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