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Sr. Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering

Job in Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, 07065, USA
Listing for: Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-09
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Information Security & Data Protection, Security Management & Operations
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Description Role Summary The Senior Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering is a hands-on security engineer responsible for securing our Company's strategic enterprise platforms through implementation, automation, assurance, and continuous risk reduction. This role partners with platform owners, engineers, architects, and product teams to embed security controls, improve resilience, standardize governance, and maintain trusted platform operations across critical business platforms.

Key Responsibilities Engineer, implement, and maintain security controls across strategic platforms including SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, Microsoft 365, Service Now, Veeva, AI platforms, and enterprise SaaS/PaaS services.

Support platform assurance through security assessments, control validation, risk reduction, and compliance readiness activities.

Integrate security capabilities into platform delivery, CI/CD workflows, and operational processes.

Develop automation, controls-as-code, and reusable security patterns to improve platform security and operational efficiency.

Monitor platform security posture, investigate gaps, and drive remediation of findings.

Partner with platform teams to improve resilience, onboarding experience, and secure adoption.

Contribute to security standards, operational procedures, and engineering best practices.

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
5+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, cloud security, platform security, or Dev Sec Ops .Fluent in modern AI technologies and practical enterprise use cases.

Able to apply AI to improve cybersecurity engineering, automation, investigations, and operational efficiency.

Understands emerging AI security risks and supports secure adoption of AI capabilities across strategic platforms.

Hands-on experience implementing security controls in PaaS, SaaS, or enterprise platforms.

Experience with identity security, security automation, logging, monitoring, and vulnerability remediation.

Knowledge of Kubernetes, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and modern cloud-native technologies.

Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, Microsoft 365, Service Now, Veeva, or similar enterprise platforms.

Experience with AI security, software supply chain security, and platform governance.

CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, GIAC, AWS, or Azure security certifications.

Experience in regulated enterprise environments.

Required Skills:

Certificate Services, Certificate Services, Cloud Security, Corporate Security Management, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Analytics, Cybersecurity Operations, Delivery of Security Applications, Design Applications, Dev Sec Ops , Identity Access Management (IAM), Incident Response, Information Assurance, Information Security, IT Security Architecture, Network Segmentation, Operational Technology (OT) Security, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Security Analysis, Security Analytics, Security Audit, Security Automation, Security Compliance, Security Controls, Security Engineering {+ 10 more}Preferred

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Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please  if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability…
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