Senior Specialist, Technical Support

Job Description

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 organisation 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

Senior member of Security Operations working as part of a global team to support a fast-paced environment. Ensure conformance to established system architecture, security, regulations, standards and practices, and participate\drive their creation and upkeep. In addition to technical expertise must be proficient in managing projects through to completion, innovative, security focused, self-motivated and driven.  The candidate will be a member of the global Tier 2 Security Operations team which includes operational responsibilities across all supported IT security platforms, its environment and core services within the organization.  Good communication skills, documentation abilities and compliance experience required. Comfortable working in a team environment and able to work collaboratively with other areas in implementing solutions that secure and benefit the company.

Primary job responsibilities include:

Senior member of Security Operations working as part of a global team to support a fast-paced environment. Ensure conformance to established system architecture, security, regulations, standards and practices, and participate\drive their creation and upkeep. In addition to technical expertise must be proficient in managing projects through to completion, innovative, security focused, self-motivated and driven.  The candidate will be a member of the global Tier 2 Security Operations team which includes operational responsibilities across all supported IT security platforms, its environment and core services within the organization.  Good communication skills, documentation abilities and compliance experience required. Comfortable working in a team environment and able to work collaboratively with other areas in implementing solutions that secure and benefit the company. Additional technical requirements follow:

Primary job responsibilities include:

• Define, implement, and continuously improve Secure SDLC standards, controls, and guardrails
• Ensure security requirements are integrated into:
  • Requirements & design
  • Development & build
  • Testing & validation
  • Deployment & operations
• Maintain alignment with internal security policies, risk frameworks, and regulatory obligations
• Perform application and system security design reviews
• Third-party and open-source dependencies
• Review findings, assess risk severity
• Document risks and track remediation through the development lifecycle
• Provide security evidence, control mappings, and risk assessments
• Ensure SDLC activities comply with applicable regulations and internal standards
• Act as a trusted security advisor for operational and engineering teams
• Contribute to security awareness for technical teams
• Drive improvement, quality and value.
• Knowledge of cloud capabilities/concepts including federation, RBAC and cloud security, Directory Synchronization (AAD Connect), Microsoft O365 and Azure AD.
• Compliance and IT Security related best practices and processes
• Familiarity with old and modern Microsoft operating systems, server class hardware and VMWare technologies.
• Experience with identity best practices, Azure roles, security, and SAAS strategies specifically around Microsoft Active Directory\Entra ID a must.
  • Least privileged access concepts necessary

Preferred Skills:

• Jira/Service Now/Confluence related certifications
• Experience in large, regulated environments (pharma, finance, manufacturing)
• Exposure to Security Operations/SOC collaboration, threat intel workflows, or cloud-security initiatives

We are seeking professionals with the following qualifications, skills and experience:

Education Minimum Requirement: 

• MSc Degree or BSc Degree or equivalent with relevant experience in Computer Science, computer Science Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Required Experience and Skills:

• 8 years of experience supporting large scale enterprise endpoint, network security, zero trust platforms and their respective environment and related services.
• Strong understanding of Secure SDLC principles
• Knowledge of ITIL Framework
• Knowledge of AGILE Framework
• Experience with ITSM and project management tools (SNOW and JIRA)
• Understanding of basic information security principles
• Familiarity with risk assessment and mitigation frameworks
• Ability to translate security requirements into actionable guidance
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to balance security risk with business and delivery needs
• Analytical mindset with strong documentation skills

Who we are:

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD 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:

Availability Management, Change Controls, Incident Management, Management System Development, Problem Management, Quality Assurance (QA), Service Delivery, SLA Management, Software Configurations, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Testing

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

05/12/2026

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