Specialist Security Engineer - Email

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.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will work for the Manager of Endpoint Security, in direct support of the global endpoint management group. This position will provide essential services that enable us to better pursue our mission.

Amgen is searching for a Specialist Security Engineer covering Email and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies. This role will work for the Manager of Data Security in direct support of the global email management group. This position will provide essential services that enable us to better pursue our mission.

Specialist Security Engineers operate, lead, and improve Amgen’s email security and email DLP solutions. In our Data Security team, they will identify emerging risks related to changes in communications technologies, advise management, and develop technical remediations to address those risks. Specialists lead the development of processes and procedures for multiple solutions which enable business units to identify and remediate data exposures. They run multiple projects simultaneously to implement and improve the data security protections and use advanced analytics to demonstrate success.

This engineer will play a key role in educating technologists and business leaders about the security strategies that both protect and enable business processes related to cloud data handling. Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will:

• Designs, operates, maintains, and enhances capabilities for the technical systems that ensure protection of email for all Amgen global operations.
• Identifies new risk areas for data and plans controls to mitigate those risks.
• Researches new technologies, processes, and approaches based on industry practices and recommends future plans for data protection. Includes developing and implementing the roadmap for migrating DLP & email controls into the cloud.
• Authors procedures and guidelines and advises on policies related to email and data protection requirements and remediation or investigation of violations.
• Develops and conducts training on email protection technologies for operations staff. Educates business leadership about data risk.
• Consults to other technology groups on email protection strategies and recommends appropriate points of both technical and process integration.
• Partners with the Manager of Data Security to collaborate closely with legal and human resources leadership on violation remediations.
• Collaborates with cloud strategy leaders and business unit leadership to ensure that email and data protection are incorporated by design into new business projects.
• Collaborates with Data Security Engineers to integrate data protection technology into the operations of traditional Data Loss Prevention operations.

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

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree OR
• Master’s degree and 4 to 6 years of Information Security or Information Technology experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 to 8 years of Information Security or Information Technology experience OR
• Diploma and 10 to 12 years of Information Security or Information Technology experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with one or more security frameworks, especially in regulated environments.
• Holds or is actively seeking one or more security related certifications, preferably with a focus on cloud technologies or data protection.
• Proficiency specifying requirements for technical systems, as well as designing, implementing, and operating those systems.
• Expertise in global IT operations, including an understanding of regulatory and cultural differences encountered when dealing with international peers and customers.
• Demonstrated competence maintaining email systems and applications on Windows, MacOS & iOS based operating systems.
• Skill with elements of the O365 services, including hosted and on-prem exchange, Azure Information Protection (AIP), Microsoft Information Protection (MIP), Microsoft 365 Security, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and related security and compliance features.
• Basic capabilities with programming or scripting languages.
• Skill with elements of the O365 services, including hosted and on-prem exchange, Azure Information Protection (AIP), Microsoft Information Protection (MIP), Microsoft 365 Security, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and related security and compliance features.
• Understanding of mail technologies from a security perspective including the security risks associated with mail and collaboration tools.
• Experience deploying and configuring related M365 applications such as OneDrive, Teams, Defender and SharePoint Online

• Experience crafting the basic cryptographic controls associated with email protection.
• Working knowledge of programming or scripting languages such as Powershell
• Experience with project management workstream leadership, preferably using Agile methodology
• Deep knowledge of the principles of Data Protection, including availability, integrity, and confidentiality of data.

• This position requires you to work from 2:00pm to 10:00pm IST.

• Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) or Security+
• SANS Certifications

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Highly motivated and able to work effectively under minimal supervision
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Successful management of multiple priorities
• Effective working with global, virtual teams
• Team-oriented, placing priority on the successful completion of 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 our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

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

for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with 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. Please contact us to request an accommodation.