Security Officer

Role highlights

Security Officer

Location

New Delhi, India

Department

ICEYE, India

Reports to

CEO, ICEYE India

Employment type

Permanent

Workplace model

Office

Employment is subject to applicable security screening. Appointment as CCSO under SMLDI 2025 is subject to Indian citizenship, police verification, DDP vetting (repeated every three years) and an Official Secrets Act undertaking. Start date depends on government vetting.

Why this role matters

As the Security Officer, you’ll build ICEYE India’s security function from the ground up and serve as our appointed Company Chief Security Officer under India’s Security Manual for Licensed Defence Industries (SMLDI 2025). Your work allows ICEYE India to operate as a licensed defence company, pass government inspections and take part in classified programmes. You’ll also be the CEO’s trusted advisor on all security matters.

Who We Are

ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.

ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.

ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.

Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

Your day-to-day responsibilities

Own the roadmap that makes ICEYE India an audit-ready, licensed defence company, including the industrial licence and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) security clearance

Act as ICEYE India’s appointed Company Chief Security Officer, representing us with the Department of Defence Production (DDP), the MHA and other authorities, and leading every inspection and audit

Build the security framework with the group security team: policies, SOPs, secure areas, classified document registry and the audit trail inspectors expect

Set up and run personnel security: police verification, government vetting, Official Secrets Act undertakings and re-verification cycles

Lead cyber security accreditation as Cyber Information Security Officer under SMLDI Chapter 7, including CERT-In reporting and protection of ICEYE group information held in India

Manage export-control compliance, data exchange with the ICEYE group and foreign-national visits

Translate security requirements into practice for the business, from classified RFPs and contract clauses to customer and IN-SPACe requirements

Prepare and rehearse incident-response and crisis playbooks with Legal and group security

What we’re looking for

Must haves

Indian citizen, eligible for appointment and positive vetting as Company Chief Security Officer (before appointment and every three years)

Former officer of the Armed Forces, a Central Armed Police Force or the Police, with no adverse remarks in your release certificate

Hands-on knowledge of the Official Secrets Act 1923, the MHA security instructions and SMLDI 2025

Track record as a security officer in a defence, intelligence, aerospace or critical-infrastructure organisation in India, including taking an organisation from uncleared to cleared at least once

Established working relationships with the DDP, the MHA and other national security authorities

Working knowledge of IT security accreditation for classified systems (SMLDI Chapter 7, CERT-In, NCIIPC)

Fluent Hindi and English

Nice to haves

Familiarity with NATO, EU or US classified-information frameworks

Working knowledge of India’s export-control regime (SCOMET, DGFT) and IN-SPACe authorisation conditions

Experience in a foreign-owned Indian entity

Application Process

Intro conversation with Talent Acquisition (30 min)

Hiring manager interview with the CEO, ICEYE India (60 min)

Technical case: a take-home roadmap exercise showing how you would get from the current state to the highest target classification level, covering facility, personnel and IT approval. You will present and defend it to ICEYE’s Chief Security Officer (3 x 45 min)

Cross-functional discussion with colleagues from Operations and Legal/Compliance if required.

Working at ICEYE

At ICEYE, you’ll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.

How We Work (Our Values)

Make the impossible possible: We set ambitious goals and stay calm under pressure. We bring grit, optimism, and ownership when things get hard, and we keep moving until we find a way.

Be curious

Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the “why” behind decisions.

See the big picture: Stay close to what’s happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others.

Drive effective teamwork

Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions.

Act as one team

We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift.

Have fun

What we do matters—and it should be enjoyable. Celebrate progress, take pride in results, and share the wins.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing, at work and beyond. We keep improving them based on employee feedback, and offerings vary by location. Talent Acquisition will conf