Senior SIEM Engineer

SIEM 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

As a SIEM Engineer you will play vital role, you will serve as a technical leader and subject matter expert driving AMGEN’s global security monitoring and detection strategy. You will architect, enhance, and optimize SIEM and UEBA platforms to deliver advanced, scalable, and automated detection capabilities across hybrid and cloud environments. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to embed monitoring and detection into the enterprise technology ecosystem, ensuring comprehensive visibility and rapid threat response.

You will guide junior engineers, lead complex integrations, and champion automation, analytics, and threat detection maturity across the organization.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will:

• Lead the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of AMGEN’s SIEM and UEBA platforms, ensuring reliable and high-performing monitoring capabilities.

• Develop and implement log collection and correlation strategies across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments to ensure complete visibility.

• Develop, maintain, and optimize custom correlation rules and dashboards to identify advanced threats and reduce false positives.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, guiding troubleshooting, automation, and best practices adoption.

• Partner with SOC, Threat Intelligence, and Incident Response teams to design and implement advanced detection analytics.

• Evaluate and integrate new log sources, ensuring scalability and compliance with AMGEN’s security architecture.

• Automate recurring tasks using scripting and orchestration (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs).

• Lead incident investigation and forensic data enrichment, leveraging SIEM data to support rapid containment and remediation.

• Collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to enhance logging, monitoring, and compliance with security standards.

• Manage and track vendor relationships, platform health, upgrades, and audits for SIEM-related controls and processes.

• Contribute to AMGEN's security monitoring roadmap, identifying opportunities for innovation and maturity improvements.

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WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership qualities, a deep understanding of cybersecurity practices, and extensive experience in managing large-scale security monitoring programs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree with 3 years of experience in Information Systems or related field OR

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience Information Systems or related field OR

• Diploma with 7 years of experience in Information Systems or related field

• Proven expertise in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) platforms

• Strong understanding of threat detection, log management, and security analytics frameworks

• Experience designing and implementing security architecture and automation for monitoring and detection

• In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, ISO 27001)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight, Sentinel) and log collection technologies (e.g., Cribl, Fluentd, Syslog, Universal Forwarder)

• Experience designing and maintaining cloud-native SIEM deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Strong background in detection engineering, threat hunting, or automation/orchestration (SOAR)

• Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash)

• Experience integrating threat intelligence feeds and behavioral analytics into detection workflows

• Understanding of DevSecOps and CI/CD integration for monitoring pipelines

Professional Certifications:

• GCDA, GCIH, GCIA (preferred)

• CISSP, CISM, or CompTIA Security+ (preferred)

• Cloud Security certifications (e.g., AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer) are a plus

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and solving skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills (English)

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

• Ability to handle multiple priorities successfully

• Team oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills

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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.