Senior Platform Security Engineer with AI & DevSecOps

Merck; West Point (PA); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. is seeking a hands-on Senior Specialist in Cybersecurity Engineering to secure our enterprise platforms through implementation, automation, and risk reduction.

You will partner with platform owners, engineers, architects, and product teams to embed security controls, standardize governance, and maintain trusted platform operations. The role emphasizes security automation, CI/CD integration, and ongoing risk reduction with a strong focus on AI-enabled security across SAP,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering, cloud security, platform security, or DevSecOps.
• Fluent in modern AI technologies and practical enterprise use cases.
• Able to apply AI to improve cybersecurity engineering, automation, investigations, and operational efficiency.
• Understands emerging AI security risks and supports secure adoption across platforms.
• Hands-on experience implementing security controls in PaaS, SaaS, or enterprise platforms.
• Experience with identity security, security automation, logging, monitoring, and vulnerability remediation.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and modern cloud-native technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

DevSecOps

IAM

Security automation

Monitoring

Vulnerability remediation

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

SAP

Salesforce

Databricks

Microsoft 365

ServiceNow

Veeva

AI platforms

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. is seeking a hands-on Senior Specialist in Cybersecurity Engineering to secure our enterprise platforms through implementation, automation, and risk reduction.

You will partner with platform owners, engineers, architects, and product teams to embed security controls, standardize governance, and maintain trusted platform operations. The role emphasizes security automation, CI/CD integration, and ongoing risk reduction with a strong focus on AI-enabled security across SAP,