Roche Posted August 11, 2026

Cybersecurity Engineer - Monitoring & Incident Response

Madrid, Spain FULL_TIME
Information Technology

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About this opportunity

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections,  where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Incident Response Operations)

The Global Security Monitoring and Incident Response (MIR) team at Roche strives to keep our networks and users safe from constantly evolving threats. As a CyberSecurity Engineer, you will help protect proprietary information, patient data, keep computer systems clean, and provide a safe information environment for our users. Combing through massive amounts of signals, you will have to identify signs of abuse or compromise of on-premise as well as cloud resources. All team members share a set of core responsibilities, handling incidents, requests from experts, as well as enquiries from end users. CyberSecurity Analysts are responsible for monitoring security information, identifying threats, and showing initiative to defend all Roche information systems.

As an incident responder, you are expected to take part in an on call rotation during weekends and can be mobilized during major incidents.

Responsibilities:

Monitoring and Incident Response for a global environment

Take decisions, often under pressure, given partial information

Contribute to proactive threat detection efforts

Lead containment and remediation efforts during active security incidents

Perform forensic analysis of relevant artifacts to support investigations

Contribute to detection engineering activities across a global team

Brief team members and leadership on relevant threats to the Roche group

Communicate information security concepts and situations to senior management

Contribute operational feedback to continuously strengthen detection and response processes

Mentor newer team members

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 7+ years of experience in information security, including at least 3 years in a SOC/CERT/CSIRT environment

Familiarity with TLP and information sharing best practices

Ability to communicate information security-related concepts and situations to a non-technical audience

Demonstrated ability to analyze, triage, and escalate information security incidents

Knowledge of detection engineering and threat-hunting concepts

Scripting and programming skills (Python, Javascript, Go, Rust, …)

Demonstrated knowledge of operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOs)

Excellent organization and communication skills.

Fluent spoken and written English

Preferred Qualifications:

Network and Endpoint security monitoring experience in a large complex environment

Prior exposure to privacy frameworks in the context of IT security monitoring

Knowledge of modern IAM controls and concepts (Zero Trust, Identity Aware Proxies, Active Directory Security, …)

Knowledge of Cloud security concepts (multi-cloud environments, CSPM, …)

A passion for the field of computer and network security

Familiarity with various defensive AND offensive security toolsets

Public speaking or mentoring experience

 

 

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Information Technology
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Madrid, Spain
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 1097 comparable Information Technology roles across 55 biopharma companies.

1097Comparable roles tracked
1035Currently active
55Companies hiring similar roles
29Countries represented

Salary context

143 of 1097 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Senior Data Security Engineer (Insider Risk Management – Engineering) · AbbVie $0/hr – $0/hr (≈ $0–$0/yr)
Highest disclosed · Senior Director, Targets and Mechanisms Solutions · Pfizer $230,900/yr – $384,800/yr
Peer group range $0 – $307,850 (median $165,900)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 1097 comparable roles

India507
United States241
Spain105
Poland72
Portugal32
China13

+ 23 more countries

Seniority mix

612 of 1097 peers have a known seniority level

Senior290
Manager135
Associate52
Principal50
Associate Director39
Director28
Senior Director13
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc4
Executive/VP1

Therapeutic area mix

1 of 1097 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology1

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.