Senior Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering, Identity and Access Management Assurance (R3)

INTRODUCTION DETAILS:

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

• Be part of an organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview:

(IAM Assurance Technical)

We are seeking an experienced, energetic, forward-thinking Identity and Access Management (IAM) professional to join our IAM Assurance team as a Senior Manager. Reporting to the IAM team, you will collaborate closely with technical and business stakeholders across a global enterprise to ensure secure, compliant, and effective use of IAM services. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong communication skills, and a track record of enabling secure collaboration and productivity through IAM best practices and tooling.  The role requires a technically strong individual who is resourceful and highly self-motivated.

What will you do in this role: 

• Partner with consumers of IAM services and support teams to drive compliant adoption, resolve issues, and streamline onboarding to IAM products.

• Collaborate with IAM Engineering, Operations, and Access & Administration teams on escalations, service improvements, and cross-functional support.

• Advise technical and business stakeholders on secure IAM practices, policy alignment, and risk mitigation.

• Support evaluation and adoption of IAM solutions—especially Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) and Privileged Access Management (PAM)—to enhance compliance, automate manual processes, and strengthen security controls.

• Lead or contribute to onboarding activities for IAM products; ensure onboarding procedures are aligned with engineering releases and capabilities.

• Identify and advocate for automation opportunities and process improvements within IAM onboarding workflows.

• Facilitate onboarding to PAM and IGA services, as well as other IAM-related technologies.

• Support IAM and ITRMS projects and initiatives, providing onboarding oversight and subject-matter expertise as needed.

• Provide technical expertise support and guidance to IAM Onboarding team as needed based on customer requirements, IAM engineering team inputs and escalated issues. 

Education:

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience), preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Required Skills:

• 8+ years of experience working in a medium-large enterprise Identity and Access Management organization

• Advanced knowledge of modern authentications technologies and concepts such as SAML, Federation, SSO, OpenID Connect, OAuth, Privilege Access Management (PAM), Identity Governance (IGA) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

• 7+ years of experience with Delinea Secret Server or comparable enterprise PAM solutions.   

• 7+ years of experience with SailPoint Identity IQ or comparable enterprise Identity Governance/Identity Management solutions. 

• 7+ years of direct engagement with IT and business stakeholders to socialize IAM policies, standards, processes, and procedures.

• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of an organization. 

• Strong organizational skills; able to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing deadlines.

• Proven effectiveness in a matrixed, global environment working with company staff, contractors, and vendors.

• Experience leading teams is a plus — demonstrated ability to manage, mentor, and motivate cross-functional teams to deliver results.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working in large healthcare environments.

• Familiarity with identity-related NIST standards (e.g., NIST 800-63-3).

• Understanding of cloud identity architectures and platforms (e.g., Azure AD/Entra ID, AWS, Salesforce).

• Awareness of IAM related policies and regulatory requirements

• Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to challenge and refine processes.

• Working knowledge of ITIL framework

• Relevant industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, Security+, vendor/tool-specific IAM certifications)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to work independently and collaboratively.

• Demonstrated alignment of technical skills to IAM products, with emphasis on PAM and IGA.

 

Who we are
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Required Skills:

Certificate Services, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity Analytics, Cybersecurity Operations, Delivery of Security Applications, Design Applications, Identity Access Management (IAM), Incident Response, Information Security, Network Segmentation, Operational Technology (OT) Security, Security Analytics, SLA Management, System Designs, Team Leadership, Technical Advice

Preferred Skills:

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Regular

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Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

06/28/2026

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