Senior Cybersecurity Engineer — Platform Security & Automation

Merck; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck in Rahway, NJ seeks a Senior Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering to secure enterprise platforms through hands-on security engineering, automation, and risk reduction. You will partner with platform teams to embed controls and standardize governance across SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, Microsoft 365, and SaaS/PaaS services.

The role requires 5+ years in cybersecurity engineering, cloud or DevSecOps, strong AI literacy, and hands-on experience implementing controls in PaaS/SaaS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years in cybersecurity engineering, cloud security, platform security, or DevSecOps.
• Hands-on experience implementing security controls in PaaS/SaaS/enterprise platforms.
• Experience with identity security, logging, monitoring, and vulnerability remediation.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, implement, and maintain security controls across strategic platforms.
• Support platform assurance through security assessments and risk reduction.
• Integrate security capabilities into CI/CD workflows and operations.
• Develop automation and reusable security patterns to improve security and efficiency.
• Monitor platform security posture and drive remediation of findings.
• Partner with platform teams to improve resilience and secure adoption.
• Contribute to security standards and engineering best practices.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

AI in security

DevSecOps

Cloud security

Platform security

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

APIs

CI/CD

Cloud-native tech

Job description

Merck in Rahway, NJ seeks a Senior Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering to secure enterprise platforms through hands-on security engineering, automation, and risk reduction. You will partner with platform teams to embed controls and standardize governance across SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, Microsoft 365, and SaaS/PaaS services.

The role requires 5+ years in cybersecurity engineering, cloud or DevSecOps, strong AI literacy, and hands-on experience implementing controls in PaaS/SaaS.