IDT Assurance Advisor - NextGen

, India

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

October 27, 2025

Business unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role

As an IDT Assurance Advisor – NextGen, you’ll play a key role in safeguarding Shell’s digital landscape by providing reliable assurance on IT risks across the organization. Embedded within the IDT Assurance Services (IAS) team, this role offers a dynamic opportunity to develop expertise in IT risk reviews and audits, define and assess information risk requirements, and contribute to a robust assurance framework. You’ll stay ahead of evolving regulatory demands and industry best practices, integrating them into Shell’s risk management strategy. As Shell accelerates its energy transition through technology, your work will be critical in ensuring compliance with IRM policies, managing IT control operations, leading improvement initiatives, and engaging with stakeholders – including senior leaders and auditors – to drive impactful risk mitigation. This position offers skill enhancement, career growth, and the chance to make a meaningful contribution to Shell’s digital resilience.

What you’ll be doing

• Risk Review & Remediation Tracking: Lead comprehensive risk management reviews, identify control gaps, and ensure timely and effective remediation tracking.

• Risk Oversight & Assurance Planning: Lead IT assurance reviews across infrastructure, applications, and cybersecurity domains, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk management objectives.

• Process & Policy Governance: Oversee the evaluation of IT processes, policies, and standards to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST, COBIT).

• Strategic Advisory: Provide expert guidance to first line of defense on risk mitigation strategies, control enhancements, and remediation planning for identified gaps.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with first line of defense and business focal points to promote a strong risk-aware culture and ensure effective governance practices.

• ESSA Leadership: Drive Eliminate, Simplify, Standardize, Automate (ESSA) initiatives within assurance services, ensuring timely reporting and continuous improvement.

• Oversight of Tools and Reports: Oversee the accuracy and relevance of tools and reports used by the team and stakeholders, making updates based on evolving business needs.

• Proactive Risk Culture & Continuous Improvement: Promote proactive risk management practices and embed a mindset of continuous improvement across the organization.

What you bring

• 5–8 years of relevant experience in IT audits, ITGC testing, or conducting risk reviews

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology or a related field

• Professional certifications in IT Security or Risk Management (e.g., ISO 27001, CISA, CISM, CRISC) are highly desirable

• Strong knowledge of IT audit methodologies, risk management frameworks, and risk assessment practices

• Familiarity with industry standards such as ISO 27001, COBIT, and other internal/external IT security protocols

• Solid understanding of information risk management principles and associated processes

• Experience with enterprise technologies such as SAP, Microsoft Power Platform, and Cloud environments is a plus

• Continuous improvement mindset with demonstrated project management capabilities

• Proven ability to lead through influence, delivering results via cross-functional collaboration

• Team-oriented and proactive, with a willingness to support others and foster a collaborative work environment

• Analytical problem-solver, skilled in identifying risks and proposing effective mitigation strategies

• Professionally curious, with a strong desire for ongoing learning and development

• Excellent multitasking and prioritization skills, capable of managing competing demands effectively

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships

• Willingness to work mid-shift hours (12:00 PM – 9:00 PM IST); eligible for shift allowance as per company policy

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 value-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 among the best in the world.

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.

• Join an organization 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 programs.

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, .

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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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