Pros
I have been in identity and access management space for quite some time. Trying to write down every thing what I felt so far in OPTIV security Bangalore India. 1. All latest cyber security tools in use 2. Great learning 3. Really smart people and experts in their field. 4. Excellent work life balance. I have never seen such a flexible company in my career of 10 years 5. Training on the latest and rising products in market like saviant , identity now, Cyberark, okta, sailpoint iiq and more 6. Ample amount of resources available if you are willing to learn. OPTIV gives you a platform where u can create any number of VMs and install any tool or software Or cyber product to learn and all this without any approval. I have seen ppl using more than 20 personal VMs with 16/32 GB RAM and installed all kind of cyber related tools for learning or POC. 7. Best part is that you will have enough time to explore cyber products and use those VMs 8. Partnered with all cyber security product 9. Job stability 10. Zero micromanagement. 11. Open door policy and you can meet the country head anytime u want 12. Free snacks 13. You are hired ,it means the management trusts you. No body gives a damn even if u come at 1 pm and leave at 3 pm, if you deliver ur work. 14. Work from home 15. IAM team works as pure consultants model 16. Very skilled onsite team. 17. Everyone is a contributor. You won't find a manager who is just doing people management. Most of the manager have great technical expertise. So if u are stuck in ur work, then manager understands the problem u are facing. It will never be like a peculiar manager whose only job is to ask status and fill excels. 18. Pays better than average 19. Hikes are decent
Cons
1. Company structure changes often 2. Still trying to grow outside US-canada region 3. If you aspire to be a manager without technical knowledge, it's a hard place to survive. 4. High rejection rate in interviews 5. Bonus policy changes often and people are still trying to understand. 6. Onsite opportunity is limited. 7. Office location in Bangalore is not on main routes. it will be tough if use public transport. 8. It's hard to get fancy job titles. I have seen people stuck in Senior security consultant roles with 10-12 years of experience. 9. If you aspire to lead a team always then this is not the place for you. Surprisingly, people here like to be as an individual contributor. The onsite consultant will give you a use case and you have to do it. (Specific to IAM team). You will hardly get To handle a team as such. No role like team lead. 10. Interview has high rate of rejection in IAM team as they want people who are capable to deliver individually. People around you will be highly capable. So if you stuck in ur work, it's high chance that u get the help from a colleague instantly, so being individual contributor doesn't drain ur blood. But this is not a place if you want to work in a team of 5-6 or more from offshore.
