Specialist IS Security Engineer

Amgen•Thousand Oaks, CA

2d•$123,219 - $142,033•Remote

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field & 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a software development-related occupation.
SIEM technologies including IBM Qradar, Splunk Enterprise Security, or ArcSight
System administration skills with Windows or Unix including patching, administrating and troubleshooting SEIM systems
Operating logging agents including NXLog, Rsyslog, Graylog, LogStash, or Elk Stack
Programming and scripting skills including Python, JavaScript, or PowerShell
Cloud technologies including AWS, Azure, or GCP
Understanding of cybersecurity concepts, principles and best practices including creating principles or developing correlation rules based on threats, vulnerabilities or malwares
Experience with large enterprise environments

Responsibilities

Help define, and execute Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) strategy and processes
Management of technologies and processes including issue identification and resolution, integration with other tools, documentation and continuous improvement of the service
Lead or contribute to the development of roadmaps and metrics for processes and tools used for Security Monitoring
Analyze, design, develop and operate programs, shell scripts, tests, and infrastructure automation capabilities in an advanced security context
Coordinate with internal and external partners to remediate or mitigate security vulnerabilities and assist technical teams
Advise incident responders as they develop and coordinate response, containment and remediation capabilities as appropriate
Support cyber threat intelligence, security operations and other security teams in day-by-day activities
Participate in audits covering information security services and technologies

Benefits

stock
retirement
medical
life and disability insurance
eligibility for an annual bonus
health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents
financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals
work/life balance
career development opportunities
Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
group medical, dental and vision coverage
flexible spending accounts
discretionary annual bonus program
sales-based incentive plan
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans
Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible