IS Security Engineer

Career Category

Information Systems

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission, to serve patients living with serious illnesses, drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will play a crucial role in ensuring the security and integrity of the company's information systems. You will develop and implement security measures, conduct vulnerability assessments, monitor network traffic, and respond to security incidents. Your expertise in security protocols, threat detection, and incident response will contribute to safeguarding the company's data and systems from potential cyber threats.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Manage Amgen's single sign-on platforms like Okta and Microsoft Entra ID, oversee multifactor authentication services, and support the B2B environment for external partners.

Engage in enterprise projects, including migrating on-premises Access services to the SaaS solutions.

Monitor system performance and operational metrics, carry out preventative maintenance tasks, and automate regular procedures.

Take responsibility and ownership for completing system owner assigned tasks and addressing compliance-related requests.

Develop and update technical documentation, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), design documents, operational diagrams, manuals, and more.

Perform regular hardware and software audits on servers and applications to verify they adhere to established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree and 0- 3 years of Information Systems experience or related field OR

Diploma degree and 4 - 7 years of Information Systems experience or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

Must-Have Skills:

Ability to analyze and interpret complex data to identify and remediate issues.

Experience supporting Identity Provisioning platforms.

Sharp learning agility, problem-solving and analytical thinking .

Good-to-Have Skills:

Experience with IS Security.

Proficiency in scripting and automation is a plus.

Professional Certifications.

Microsoft, GCP or AWS Cloud (preferred).

Identity Provisioning or Security Certification (preferred).

Okta, Ping Identity or Microsoft Azure (preferred).

Soft Skills:

Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams .

High degree of initiative and self-motivation.

Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.

Team oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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