Global Specialist IS Security Engineer

Join our team at AMGEN Capability Center Portugal, the #1 company in Best Workplaces™ (201–500 employees' category) in Portugal in 2024 by the Great Place to Work Institute. With over 500 talented individuals from more than 40 nationalities, our Lisbon center thrives at the intersection of innovation, excellence, and inspiration. This is your opportunity to explore the future of healthcare through technology and digital innovation, supporting our mission To Serve Patients.  

Global Specialist IS Security Engineer

At AMGEN, Technology isn’t just a support function—it’s a catalyst for discovery, transformation, and real-world impact. Here, your ideas fuel innovation that improves and saves lives of patients in dire need of our medicines. Are you ready to do meaningful work that matters? 

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What you will do

The Global Specialist IS Security Engineer serves as a technical leader and decision-maker, architectural integrity, and operational resilience for manufacturing and automation systems across one or more sites or defined manufacturing capabilities. The role works with all site SSEs providing strategic direction, technical authority, and operational leadership, influencing standards, design decisions, and long-term security posture while acting as a trusted advisor to site and enterprise leadership. 

Key Responsibilities:

Oversight & Strategic Leadership 

• Provide support for manufacturing and automation systems to ensure operational and cybersecurity alignment. 

• Provide strategic oversight for manufacturing and automation systems, ensuring cybersecurity is embedded by design and aligned with business priorities. 

• Act as a senior technical authority and voting member of the Operations Design Review Board, approving or rejecting high-risk designs and changes. 

• Maintain operational run-time documentation, including a site-specific asset inventory. 

• Ensure documentation and asset intelligence supports cross-site visibility, risk analysis, and decision-making. 

Cybersecurity Risk Management & Incident Leadership 

• Support the incident response process using the security technology stack. 

• Perform root cause analysis, drive systemic remediation, and ensure lessons learned are institutionalized across sites. 

• Identify risks, determine impact and mitigations, and escalate issues to the Agile Release Train (ART). 

Compliance, Standards & Architecture 

• Ensure adherence to network segmentation standards and cybersecurity best practices. 

• Define, refine, and operationalize manufacturing cybersecurity standards, reference architectures, and secure design patterns. 

• Identify policy gaps and drive updates based on manufacturing and automation realities. 

• Conduct periodic reviews for cybersecurity compliance. 

• Lead cross-site compliance assessments, prioritizing remediation based on risk, criticality, and business impact. 

Agile Release Train (ART) & Governance 

• Serve as a senior advisor to the Manufacturing Agile Release Train (ART), influencing roadmap planning, prioritization, and funding decisions for cybersecurity initiatives. 

• Disseminate periodic updates on MFG status and activities to relevant stakeholders. 

• Brief site and enterprise leadership on risk posture, trends, and investment needs, enabling informed decision-making. 

Mentorship & Capability Development 

• Mentor and coach junior SSEs and adjacent technical roles, serving as an escalation point for complex or ambiguous cybersecurity issues. 

• Contribute to onboarding, training materials, and communities of practice to elevate manufacturing cybersecurity maturity across the organization. 

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The information security professional we seek is a self-starter with these qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field. 

• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, Security+) are preferred. 

• Advanced or domain-specific certifications (e.g., CISSP, ISA/IEC 62443, GIAC) are strongly preferred. 

• 3-4+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including OT, manufacturing, or regulated environments, with demonstrated experience leading complex initiatives and influencing without direct authority. 

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, risk management, and incident response. 

• Excellent communication and coordination skills. 

• Proven ability to communicate complex technical risk to senior business and technical leadership. 

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. 

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What you can expect of us 

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also care deeply for our teammates’ well-being and growth. 

• Work That Matters – Build tech that accelerates scientific breakthroughs and helps patients worldwide. 

• Modern Tech Stack – Cloud-first, automation-focused, AI-powered. 

• Global Scale, Agile Mindset – Collaborate across continents while working in nimble, high-impact teams. 

• Continuous Learning – Access to certifications, trainings, mentorship, and career mobility. 

• AMGEN Total Rewards Plan – Comprehensive benefits in healthcare, finance, and well-being. 

• Flexibility – Hybrid work model with time split between our Lisbon office and remote work. 

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

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 a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.