Senior Security Analytics & Orchestration Engineer

Novo Nordisk; Plainsboro Township (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in New Jersey is seeking a senior security analytics professional to join the Detection Analytics & Orchestration function. You will design and operate advanced detection and response capabilities across security analytics, telemetry, SOAR orchestration, automation, and AI-enabled workflows.

You will work with security engineers, incident responders, and architects to improve detection quality and reduce MTTR.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Engineering or other relevant fields.
• 6 years of relevant experience is required.
• Experience with security monitoring, log management, automation, orchestration, cloud security, ITSM, or related technologies (e.g., Microsoft, Splunk, Cribl, ServiceNow, AWS, Azure).
• Ability to lead or contribute to technical projects involving security processes, platforms, data, automation, or integrations.
• Familiarity with scripting, query languages, APIs, workflow logic, or data handling concepts.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve stakeholder satisfaction.
• Design and engineer detections and analytics beyond standard content.
• Design, build, and maintain SOAR playbooks and orchestration workflows.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into practical analytics, telemetry, and automation designs.
• Maintain alignment with the Incident Response function and partner with incident responders.

Skills

Lead security projects

Communication skills

Scripting / APIs / workflow logic

Security monitoring / ITSM platforms

Enterprise IT operations experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Cyber Security / Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Splunk

Cribl

ServiceNow

AWS

Azure

Job description

Novo Nordisk in New Jersey is seeking a senior security analytics professional to join the Detection Analytics & Orchestration function. You will design and operate advanced detection and response capabilities across security analytics, telemetry, SOAR orchestration, automation, and AI-enabled workflows.

You will work with security engineers, incident responders, and architects to improve detection quality and reduce MTTR.