Network Security Director – Zero Trust & Incident Response

Scorpion Therapeutics; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 177,000 - 294,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match/retirement contribution

Paid vacation/holidays/personal days

Medical/dental/vision benefits

Job summary

Pfizer seeks a senior network security leader to define and drive the network security strategy across a global footprint. You will partner with executive leadership to prioritize investments, oversee a distributed security operations team, and ensure protection aligned with NIST,ISO 27001, CIS benchmarks.

The role requires extensive experience in enterprise security, incident response, and regulatory compliance, with a track record in large regulated environments and a collaborative, proactive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IS or related field.
• 8+ years network security/cybersecurity experience.
• 5+ years leadership experience managing security teams/programs.
• Enterprise security technologies (firewalls, SIEM, IDS/IPS, NAC, VPN).
• Cloud security knowledge (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Incident response, risk management, and regulatory compliance experience.
• Large-scale/highly regulated environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute network security vision, roadmap, and policies with focus on Zero Trust principles.
• Provide strategic guidance to executive leadership on emerging threats, trends, and technology investments related to Pfizer's network.
• Lead day-to-day delivery, monitoring, and continuous improvement of global network security operations to ensure availability, resilience, and effectiveness.
• Lead and develop a globally distributed network security operations team.
• Oversee operational management of network security technologies and services (firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, secure network access controls).
• Direct operational response to network security events (investigation, escalation, containment, restoration, post-incident review).
• Operate network security services in alignment with NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS benchmarks.
• Define, monitor, and report KPIs/KRIs, service-level measures, and control effectiveness metrics.
• Identify/address operational risks, service gaps, recurring incidents, and performance issues via remediation and service improvement.
• Partner with engineering and cross-functional teams to transition new/enhanced capabilities into operations.
• Oversee third-party/managed security providers supporting network security operations.

Skills

Leadership

8+ years security

Enterprise security

Cloud security

Incident response

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IS

Tools

Firewalls

SIEM

IDS/IPS

NAC

VPN

Job description

Pfizer seeks a senior network security leader to define and drive the network security strategy across a global footprint. You will partner with executive leadership to prioritize investments, oversee a distributed security operations team, and ensure protection aligned with NIST,ISO 27001, CIS benchmarks.

The role requires extensive experience in enterprise security, incident response, and regulatory compliance, with a track record in large regulated environments and a collaborative, proactive