Cyber Security Vulnerability Engineer

About the AstraZeneca

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

Welcome to Guadalajara one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day. To help you maintain your best self, here’s a sneak peek into some of the things this site provides for you.

About the team

The Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) team is accountable for all Infrastructure, Security, IT Operations and all End User Services and technologies. This group will ensure that our IT Services are seamless and secure, and that technology is delivered in an efficient, effective, and agile way, with a strong focus on experience. It’s a dynamic and challenging environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. There are countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether that’s exploring new technologies in hackathons, or transforming the roles and work of colleagues, forever. This is your chance to be part of a team that has the backing to innovate, disrupt an industry and change lives.

About The role

The Cyber Security Vulnerability Senior Engineer will be part of security specialists and analysts, maintaining corporate wide information security to ensure that AstraZeneca’s information assets are adequately protected in relation to confidentiality, integrity and availability. The role is accountable for ensuring that services are delivered in accordance with Service Level Agreements, business requirements and customer experience expectations and meeting required quality and compliance to standards. The role is also required to work closely with work collaboratively with other IT functions, AZ business areas and suppliers.

Cyber Security Vulnerability Senior Engineer may also be an individual contributor, working in a security speciality supporting the wider security function.

• Understand that security is a journey and not a destination. Cyber Security is not something that can be “fixed”, and we instead need to focus on innovation to maintain sustainable risk position against the evolving threat landscape.
• Understand that we can’t just buy our way out of a Cyber Security problem. Technology may win the battle, but it won’t win the war.
• Understand that Cyber Security is not just dealing with individual hackers. We are potentially working against state-sponsored attacks and multi-billion-dollar organized crime syndicates.
• Understand attackers, their motivations, and their ways of working to be able to get ahead and keep ahead of them.

The Cyber Security Vulnerability Senior Engineer will be accountable for:

• Experienced in end-to-end Vulnerability Management processes (i.e., the VM lifecycle) with regards to On-Prem infrastructure security, application security and cloud security.
• Improving and automating existing vulnerability management lifecycle. Including but not limited to, data ingestion & normalisation, compliance metrics and detections on assets.
• Participate in impact assessments to help define prioritisation and proper monitoring coverage.
• Develop automation, orchestration, and scripting to reduce manual processes, improving overall efficiency while also enabling new capabilities to meet our rapidly changing needs
• Strong knowledge of vulnerability management – Triage, Prioritise, Remediate, and security threat modelling.
• Develop relationships with IT teams to resolve aging critical vulnerabilities on assets
• Analyse requirements to develop and manage program metrics and performance through reporting and active engagement with stakeholders for continuous service improvement.
• Experience working on vulnerability assessment tools and configuring sites, asset groups, Tags
• Experience driving vulnerability remediation and governing a team of resources
• Review new vulnerabilities published from multiple sources and identify those that may pose risk
• Clear understanding on vulnerabilities and what it requires to remediate
• Should have good knowledge of analysing vulnerabilities, prioritization based on risk. Driving remediation or closure of the vulnerabilities with remediation teams.
• Able to provide remediation solutions for the vulnerabilities based on the unique vulnerability categorization. Support teams to understand what is required to remediate vulnerabilities.
• Provide technical expertise in providing compensating controls for exception vulnerabilities

Requirements

Essential

• Extensive experience working in Security, in a complex, multinational, corporate environment
• A deep understanding of various security technologies and controls
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of Cyber security
• Experience of vulnerability management methodologies and tools
• A relevant technical degree, competence or equivalent (CISSP, CISM, CCSP) and competence to lead various Security initiatives
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills, autonomous working, direction and goal setting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills along with the proven ability to present complex, technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Be valued and respected for collaboration, integrity and enablement
• Experienced in developing and leading innovative solutions and “thinking outside of the box”
• Ability to analyze complex situations, assessing risks and balancing strategic and tactical Security requirements with business pragmatism, risk appetite and innovation
• Ability to prioritize, re-schedule and adapt to changes in a dynamic environment
• Excellent business acumen with sensitivity to environment

Desirable

• A high level of governance knowledge

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• IT Operational teams
• AZ business risk / security teams
• Procurement
• Finance
• Internal audit teams
• IT & Global Compliance teams

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together.

Interested? Come and join our journey.

So, what’s next!

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

Where can I find out more?

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AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer.

AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. AstraZeneca only employs individuals with the right to work in the country/ies where the role is advertised.

📌Strong English communication skills required.

📌 Positions are open to Mexican Citizens and official residents of Mexico.

📍 Location: Guadalajara (hybrid - Expectation of working in the office 3 days a week)
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility.

*Expectation of working in the office 3 days a week statement
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we ignite ambitious thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our outstanding and bold world.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law.*

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.