Senior Specialist, Technical Support

Merck & Co.; Elmora (NJ); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ seeks a senior Identity & Access Management professional to join a global Tier 2 Operations team.

You will manage IAM services, patching, DR testing, and security enhancements across Windows and Linux, working with PingFederate, SailPoint IdentityNow, Delinea Secret Server, and other tools. You will coordinate with application and infrastructure teams to ensure compliance, support outages, gather requirements for SSO, and drive security improvements in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with relevant experience in Computer Science/Engineering.
• Must be a subject matter expert in PingFederate, PingAccess, Delinea Secret Server, Symantec VIP for MFA, MS Authenticator, SailPoint IdentityNow and underlying infrastructure.
• 7+ years of experience supporting large scale enterprise Identity and Access Management environments and related services.
• Fluent in English, in both verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Day to Day operation supporting multiple Identity and Access Management services: PingFederate, PingAccess, Delinea Secret Server, Symantec VIP MFA, MS Authenticator, SailPoint IdentityNow, Quest Password Manager, Hitachi Password Manager.
• Perform installation of security patches, version upgrades, bug fixes, performance tuning, and reporting for IAM products.
• Coordinate, provide guidance and support during critical service outages.
• Gather business and technical requirements to setup Single Sign-On (SSO) with third party vendor applications.
• Coordinate with multiple application and infrastructure teams to identify privileged accounts and onboard to Delinea Secret Server.
• Perform SailPoint IdentityNow configuration and access reviews to comply with audit requirements.
• Perform product migration analysis and support for IAM services.
• Evaluate services using monitoring tools and present security gaps and enhancements to clients.
• Establish periodic vulnerability scans of IAM services to mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Conduct Disaster Recovery (DR) exercises to minimize impact in outages.
• Use Java/Linux/PowerShell scripts to automate security features via product APIs.
• Meet with security teams to gather requirements and plan implementation.
• Drive improvement, quality and value; enforce least privileged access.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server infrastructure.
• Experience with RedHat Linux infrastructure.
• Advanced knowledge of large networks including F5 load balancer concepts.

Skills

English fluency

Project management

Team collaboration

Compliance experience

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

PingFederate

PingAccess

Delinea Secret Server

Symantec VIP MFA

MS Authenticator

SailPoint IdentityNow

Quest Password Manager

Hitachi Password Manager

F5 load balancers

Job description

Job Description

Senior member of Identity & Access Management 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 Identity and Access management Operations team which includes operational responsibilities across all supported platforms in 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:

• Day to Day operation supporting multiple Identity and Access Management services, PingFederate, PingAccess, Delinea Secret Server, Symantec VIP for multi factor authentication, MS Authenticator, SailPoint IdentityNow, Quest Password Manager and Hitachi Password Manager.
• Perform installation of security patches, version upgrade, support bug fixes, performance tuning and reporting of all the Identity and Access Management products.
• Co-ordinate, provide guidance and support services during the critical service outages.
• Gather business and technical requirements to setup Single Sign-On (SSO) with third party vendor applications.
• Co-ordinate with multiple application and infrastructure teams to identify privileged accounts and onboard to Delenia Secret Server to mitigate the security risks.
• Perform SailPoint Identity Now configuration and support of the access certifications such as Identity Certifications, perform the periodic access reviews for applications to comply with audit requirements.
• Perform product migration analysis and support for Identity and Access Management Services.
• Evaluate the services using different monitoring tools, conduct meetings with the clients to present the existing security gaps and enhancements to avoid security breaches.
• Establish periodic vulnerability scans of the Identity and Access Management services to mitigate any security vulnerabilities.
• Conduct Disaster Recovery (DR) exercises to ensure there is no/very minimal impact to the Identity and access management services during any disaster in any of the data centers.
• Utilize Java/Linux script/PowerShell script to automate security features not supported by the product by extending the product APIs (Application Program Interface).
• Conduct meetings with multiple security teams, gather requirements and specifications from clients. Validate, check feasibility and plan implementation.
• Drive improvement, quality and value.
• Least privileged access concepts necessary.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server infrastructure.
• Experience with RedHat Linux infrastructure.
• Advanced knowledge of large networks including F5 load balancers concepts

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

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with relevant experience in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Must be a subject matter expert in PingFederate, PingAccess, Delinea Secret Server, Symantec VIP for multi factor authentication, MS Authenticator, SailPoint, IdentityNow and underlying infrastructure.
• 7+ years of experience supporting large scale enterprise Identity and Access Management environments and related services.
• Ability to provide support for Real-time events providing moderated services.
• Ability to acquire new skills in a different environment.
• Fluent in English, in both verbal and written communication.

Required Skills:

Active Directory (AD), Application Managed Services, Availability Management, Change Controls, Cyber Operations, Database Security, Incident Management, Information Security, IT Project Lifecycle, Managed Services, Management System Development, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Problem Management, Quality Assurance (QA), SailPoint IdentityNow, Service Delivery, SLA Management, Software Configurations, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Lifecycle Management (SLM), Stakeholder Engagement, Testing

Preferred Skills:

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The salary range for this role is
$106,200.00 - $167,200.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits .

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Employee Status: Regular

Relocation: No

VISA Sponsorship: No

Travel Requirements: 10%

Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid

Shift: 1st - Day

Valid Driving License: No

Hazardous Material(s): N/A

Job Posting End Date: 08/26/2026

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Requisition ID:R400920