Sr. Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering

MSD•Upper Gwynedd Township, PA

18d•$117,000 - $184,200•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering is a hands-on security engineer responsible for securing the company's strategic enterprise platforms through implementation, automation, assurance, and continuous risk reduction. The role partners with platform owners, engineers, architects, and product teams to embed security controls, improve resilience, standardize governance, and maintain trusted platform operations across critical business platforms. The position engineers and maintains security controls across platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Veeva, AI platforms, and enterprise SaaS/PaaS services. It supports platform assurance and compliance readiness, integrates security into platform delivery and CI/CD, develops automation and reusable security patterns, monitors security posture, investigates gaps, and drives remediation. The role also contributes to security standards and operational best practices. The primary location is Rahway, New Jersey, and the work arrangement is hybrid. The stated base salary range for the primary location is $117,000 to $184,200. The successful candidate is eligible for an annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable. The company offers benefits including medical, dental, vision, other insurance, retirement benefits including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, cloud security, platform security, or DevSecOps.
Fluency in modern AI technologies and practical enterprise use cases.
Ability to apply AI to improve cybersecurity engineering, automation, investigations, and operational efficiency.
Understanding of emerging AI security risks and ability to support secure adoption of AI capabilities across strategic platforms.
Hands-on experience implementing security controls in PaaS, SaaS, or enterprise platforms.
Experience with identity security, security automation, logging, monitoring, and vulnerability remediation.
Knowledge of Kubernetes, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and modern cloud-native technologies.
Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Veeva, or similar enterprise platforms.
Experience with AI security, software supply chain security, and platform governance.
CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, GIAC, AWS, or Azure security certifications.
Experience in regulated enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

Engineer, implement, and maintain security controls across strategic platforms, including SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Veeva, AI platforms, and enterprise SaaS/PaaS services.
Support platform assurance through security assessments, control validation, risk reduction, and compliance readiness activities.
Integrate security capabilities into platform delivery, CI/CD workflows, and operational processes.
Develop automation, controls-as-code, and reusable security patterns to improve platform security and operational efficiency.
Monitor platform security posture, investigate gaps, and drive remediation of findings.
Partner with platform teams to improve resilience, onboarding experience, and secure adoption.
Contribute to security standards, operational procedures, and engineering best practices.