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🚀 Chennai, Coimbatore companies Hiring for Cybersecurity roles — June 2026

Your weekly roundup of the most exciting Cybersecurity opportunities at Chennai's fast-growing startups and SMBs.

Kathir

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Chennai and Coimbatore have a growing number of companies hiring for cybersecurity roles, spanning product companies, dedicated security firms, edtech platforms, and global technology centres. The roles cover a range of functions: risk and compliance, detection and response, penetration testing, SOC analysis, and security training.

Chennai is the second-largest software exporter in India after Bengaluru, home to roughly 1,538 SaaS companies and 174 funded startups. As companies here handle increasing volumes of financial, enterprise, and user data, security hiring has grown alongside it.

Here are the companies with open cybersecurity roles in Chennai and Coimbatore right now.

Freshworks

Freshworks builds customer experience and IT service management software used by 74,000+ companies globally. The company is headquartered in San Mateo and publicly listed on NASDAQ, with a core engineering presence in Chennai. Their two open cybersecurity roles are in third-party risk management and risk & compliance — both focused on how Freshworks assesses and manages security risk across its vendor ecosystem and internal processes.

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Cyfotok Infosec

Cyfotok Infosec is a Coimbatore-based cybersecurity company that offers both training and security services. On the training side, they run cohorts in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and English covering offensive security, SOC analysis, bug bounty, digital forensics, and incident response. On the services side, they provide penetration testing, threat detection, incident response, and security consulting to organisations. They currently have five open positions across different levels and functions.

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iamneo

iamneo is a Coimbatore-based B2B edtech company, founded in 2016 as Examly and now part of the NIIT group. The platform provides learning, upskilling, assessment, and recruitment solutions to corporate clients and educational institutions. Their partners include Wipro, HCLTech, LTIMindtree, Virtusa, Tech Mahindra, and Hexaware, along with 150+ universities including BITS Pilani, VIT, and SRM. Their open Cybersecurity SME Trainer role involves delivering training on cybersecurity topics — covering SIEM tools, penetration testing methodologies, security frameworks, IAM, and incident response — to learners on their platform.

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MX

MX is a US-based financial data company with an engineering centre in Chennai. The platform processes over 150 million transactions per day on average and connects more than 2,000 financial institutions and fintechs with aggregated, categorised financial data. Their Chennai team works on engineering and product development functions. The Sr. Detection & Response Engineer role is focused on identifying, investigating, and responding to security threats across MX's infrastructure and data platform.

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Role Overview by Experience Level

The roles listed span entry-level to senior positions across different cybersecurity functions.

Freshers and early career (0–2 years): Cyfotok's Junior Cybersecurity Analyst position is suited to candidates with foundational knowledge of networking, Linux, and security concepts. Some hands-on lab or CTF experience would be relevant.

Mid-level (3–5 years): Cyfotok's Security Engineer and Penetration Tester roles, and MX's Detection & Response Engineer position, are relevant for professionals with hands-on experience in their respective areas. The iamneo trainer role suits someone with 2–4 years of security practice who wants to move into curriculum delivery.

Senior (5+ years): The Freshworks Lead roles in Third-Party Risk Management and Risk & Compliance expect familiarity with enterprise risk frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and vendor risk governance processes. Cyfotok's Senior Analyst and Consultant roles are for practitioners with domain depth in security operations or consulting.

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Published: June 13, 2026 | Posted every week

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