Sopra Steria: Technical Lead — Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

About Sopra Steria

Sopra Steria provides technology consulting, digital services and software solutions. Its employer description focuses on helping organisations change their operations through technology, combining business-sector knowledge with digital delivery. The business offers end-to-end support rather than describing its work as software coding alone. Its services connect an organisation's requirements with the technology and processes used to meet them, with an emphasis on practical, sustained improvements in how client organisations operate.

The position and its setting

Sopra Steria lists Technical Lead in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, under reference CHE0006649. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Engineering, Development, Applications
• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 23 September 2026
• Brands: Sopra Steria

Responsibilities and work described

• Work: Location: Chennai / Bangalore
• Mode of work: Hybrid
• Shift Timing: UK Shift
• Leadership: end-to-end technical programs focused on GDPR and data privacy
• Management: program roadmaps, timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and governance
• Drive data mapping, data flow analysis, RoPA, DPIA, and GDPR compliance initiatives
• Partner with engineering teams to implement data retention, deletion, consent, DSAR, data minimization, and privacy controls
• Support: privacy incident response, audits, compliance assessments, and remediation
• Management: third-party/vendor privacy risks and data protection requirements
• Tracking: program KPIs and provide regular updates to senior leadership
• Drive Privacy by Design and Privacy by Default across technology initiatives
• Must-Have Skills
• Stakeholder, risk, dependency, and governance management skills

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Experience Required: 06-08 years
• Experience: UK GDPR and data privacy programs
• Good knowledge of Data Protection Act 2018, DPIA, RoPA, DSAR, consent, data retention, data minimization, and lawful basis
• Experience managing technical programs involving privacy, compliance, or data protection
• Good understanding of cloud platforms, IAM, encryption, DLP, data classification, and data lifecycle management
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum and SDLC/DevSecOps environments
• Familiarity: tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or Microsoft Project
• ## Required Qualifications
• * Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
• * 5–8+ years of experience in Leading the Technical Program or IT Program Management
• * 3+ years of experience delivering privacy or compliance programs
• * Experience working with engineering and security teams
• * Experience managing enterprise-scale technical programs
• * Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
• * Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe (CIPP/E)
• * Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT)
• * ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor
• * Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Experience: EU GDPR, ISO 27001/27701, NIST Privacy Framework, SOC 2, or PCI DSS
• Experience: regulatory audits and third-party privacy assessments
• ## Preferred Certifications

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Sopra Steria

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Practical preparation: Azure

An Azure example should identify the workload, the services used and the part you owned. Deployment, identity, observability and incident handling provide useful context when they were part of the assignment.

Relevant skills

• Azure
• ISO
• audit
• compliance
• stakeholder management
• incident response