Senior Platform Security and Risk Advisor - Application Security

Sr Platform Security and Risk Adv (App)

, India

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

June 25, 2026

Business Unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role?

As part of Shell’s Enterprise Risk Services (ERS) team supporting Digital Platforms, this role plays a critical part in embedding secure development practices and strengthening risk and control capabilities across our technology landscape. The successful candidate will bring a blend of GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) knowledge with Application Security (AppSec) and AI expertise, product development experience, to help drive Shell’s digital resilience. This role supports the CISO’s Vision 2030 ambitions— ‘Be Competitive’, ‘Be Inspired’, and ‘Be Resilient’—and contributes to our purpose: ‘Protect today, Secure tomorrow’.

What you’ll be doing?

• Operates within established IRM policies, procedures, and defined objectives or agreements, while demonstrating the ability to exercise discretion and make independent adjustments when necessary. Effectively handles complex, ambiguous, and incomplete information.
• May lead a small team or provide guidance, coaching, and support to colleagues.
• Demonstrates strong accountability and autonomy in resolving complex issues and assignments, including the ability to investigate, analyze, define, and implement solutions to challenging problems.
• Collaborates across teams and maintains some level of engagement with business leadership.
• Works independently with minimal supervision, guided by broad managerial direction.

What we need from you?

Mandatory

• Bachelor’s in Information Technology or related degree
• Possesses at least 9 years of experience with a strong GRC mindset, effectively balancing risk, value, and cost considerations, including awareness of AI-related risks
• Knowledge of standards/regulations (e.g., NIST, GDPR).
• Expertise in application security (OWASP, MITRE) and AI risks (bias, drift, adversarial threats).
• Experience with secure pipelines & supply chain controls (policy-as-code, tools like Apiiro, Dependabot).
• Threat modeling across cloud, containers, and AI/data workloads.
• Programming skills (Python/Shell) to automate controls and security.
• Strong collaboration in Agile environments with business-focused communication.

Nice to have:

• Experience in IT/OT security governance.
• Familiar with developer platforms (Backstage, Cortex) to scale adoption.
• Certifications in cloud, DevOps, security, and AI governance.

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

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Shell in India

Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalization, and business operations.

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

Shell owns and operates an LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and an LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India’s growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Spring Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Spring is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

Our three capability centers across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programs on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.

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Experience Level

Senior Level