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Job Description

The Senior Associate Security Engineer plays a meaningful role in building, deploying and maintaining secure and resilient solutions to support Amgen manufacturing operations. The individual will provide security oversight and support for manufacturing and packaging operations with the focus on network security for manufacturing/packaging, automation, and facility systems. This team member be a part of the site manufacturing IS team and will work jointly with Security, Infrastructure and Operations IS teams to implement information security strategies, standards, tools and processes.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will:

• Work with Security Operations, Networking, Infrastructure Teams and Operations IS to provide guidance to manufacturing operations on security strategies, processes, response, and technologies.
• Ensures new systems and changes to existing systems adheres to network security design standards.
• Conducts periodic reviews for cyber security compliance.
• Participate in audits covering network security and technologies.
• Maintains site-specific architecture, asset management and sustainability documentation.
• Collaborates with analysts, engineers, data scientists to ensure secure and resilient architecture throughout the lifecycle of the manufacturing/automation applications.
• Ensures that the manufacturing, packaging, automation, and facilities systems are patched with latest updates.
• Supports the Intrusion Detection System, Application Safelisting technologies, Endpoint Protection and Cyber Incident Response, and systems to support business continuity.
• Responsible for early identification of risks, determining impact and mitigation approach, and escalation of site issues.

WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The information security professional we seek is team-oriented with these qualifications:

• Prior experience in one or more information protection capabilities like security monitoring, threat intelligence, network protection, data protection, endpoint protection, technical security assessments, and security architecture.
• Knowledge on perimeter security like Intrusion Detection Systems, Intrusion Prevention Systems, Web filtering, Application Filtering and Firewalling.
• Solid understanding of network engineering is required. Preferred candidates will have obtained certified credentials such as Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or equivalent.
• Practical knowledge of information security standards and policies like ISO 27001/27002, NIST, and others.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-starter with a high degree of initiative and the ability to effectively prioritize multiple efforts.
• Experience with regulated systems in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device industry is preferred.
• Experience with Operations Technologies (e.g. manufacturing, packaging, automation and facilities systems) preferred.

Basic Qualifications
Master’s degree OR Bachelor’s degree & 2 years of relevant work experience