Sr. Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering

Mckesson Corporation; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson Corporation is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to design and implement advanced security solutions across cloud and on-premises environments. You will guide risk assessments, lead incident response, and develop security standards to strengthen enterprise resilience.

This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, vendor partnerships, and ongoing capability development with senior leadership guidance to shape future security capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Typically requires 7+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity engineering, architecture, or infrastructure security roles.
• Experience leading incident response, performing complex assessments, evaluating new technologies, and partnering with vendors on advanced security solutions.
• Proficiency in building resilient platforms across Cloud Security, Communications Security, Cryptography, and Cyber Resiliency principles.
• Proficiency in incident leadership including incident responses, containment, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of advanced security solutions and architectures aligned with enterprise strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Perform complex security assessments, including penetration testing, risk analysis, and evaluation of emerging threats.
• Lead incident response and forensic investigations for major security incidents and remediation planning.
• Develop and maintain advanced security documentation, standards, and guidelines for consistency.
• Drive improvements to security architecture by identifying gaps and influencing implementation approaches.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on secure system and software development from design
• Evaluate emerging security technologies, tools, and industry trends to inform strategic planning.
• Work with vendors to assess, design, and implement advanced security products and managed services.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior/mid-level engineers to raise capability.
• Contribute to business continuity and disaster recovery planning and architectural input.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Incident response leadership

Security architecture

Risk analysis

Cloud and on-prem security

DevSecOps

Threat-informed investigations

Vendor collaboration

Security documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

The Cybersecurity Engineering plays a critical leadership role in designing, implementing, and optimizing advanced security solutions across McKesson’s cloud, on‑premises, and OT environments. This position integrates complex security requirements into system, software, and infrastructure design, ensuring that solutions meet regulatory expectations while strengthening enterprise resilience. This role leads the implementation and monitoring of security controls, driving proactive risk mitigation and operational transparency across the technology landscape.

This role contributes to security architecture decisions, advanced remediation strategies, and major incident investigations. It involves shaping future security capabilities by partnering with cross‑functional teams, assessing new technologies, and developing security standards and guidelines. This position provides subject matter expertise, influences strategic direction, and mentors junior team members to elevate capability across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of advanced security solutions and architectures, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Perform complex security assessments, including penetration testing, risk analysis, and evaluation of emerging threats to guide decision‑making.
• Lead incident response and forensic investigations for major security incidents, determining root causes and driving remediation plans.
• Develop and maintain advanced security documentation, standards, and guidelines to promote consistency and operational transparency.
• Drive improvements to security architecture and controls by identifying gaps, recommending solutions, and influencing implementation approaches.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams on secure system and software development, ensuring security requirements are embedded early in design.
• Evaluate emerging security technologies, tools, and industry trends to inform strategic planning and future capability development.
• Work with vendors to assess, design, and implement advanced security products and managed services.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor junior and mid‑level engineering team members, and contribute to building a high‑performing security engineering practice.
• Participate in business continuity and disaster recovery planning by offering architectural input and validating system readiness.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Typically requires 7+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity engineering, architecture, or infrastructure security roles.
• Deep knowledge of IT and cybersecurity concepts with the ability to influence architectural decisions and align solutions with business needs.
• Experience leading incident response, performing complex assessments, evaluating new technologies, and partnering with vendors on advanced security solutions. Proficiency in building resilient platforms across Cloud Security, Communications Security, Cryptography, and Cyber Resiliency principles.
• Proficiency in incident leadership including performing incident responses, coordinating containment, and structured preparing reports.
• Ability to engineer for threat visibility via tuning network sensors, log/telemetry enablement, and robust performing event correlation patterns.
• Proficiency in threat‑informed investigations: performing behavioral analysis, performing malicious activity analysis, and processing digital evidence.
• Ability to identify weaknesses by identifying systems designed without security considerations and driving remediation with owners.
• Proficiency in platform lifecycle hygiene including installing system and component upgrades and durable rollback strategies.
• Proficiency in pipeline hardening using DevSecOps practices and writing code in a currently supported programming language for automation, checks, and integrations.
• Ability to handle complex production realities by troubleshooting cyber defense infrastructure anomalies and troubleshooting system performance.
• Proficiency in identity/crypto engineering including implementing user credential management systems and implementing enterprise key escrow systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly through preparing briefings and actionable technical runbooks for operations teams.

About MMS

McKesson Medical-Surgical (MMS), which is expected to become Wellverse in early 2027, is a subsidiary and publicly reported segment of the McKesson Corporation. MMS distributes medical-surgical supplies, pharmaceuticals, diagnostic equipment and supplies, along with other solutions and services to virtually every type of healthcare setting and provider outside of the traditional hospital. These markets – often referred to as Alternate Care or Non-Acute Care – include physician offices, surgery centers, long-term care providers, laboratories, home health and hospice agencies, health systems, government facilities and online marketplaces and retailers.

Alternate Care markets are growing rapidly, and MMS is proud to be a leader in this space. With a team of approximately 8,000 employees, a network of 15 distribution centers and approximately 900 delivery vehicles, we collaborate with more than 2,200 leading manufacturers and serve over 200,000 customer accounts across the U.S. Our catalog includes more than 270,000 SKUs of branded and private-label medical-surgical products – from bandages to specialty pharmaceuticals and COVID-19 tests.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$116,500 - $194,100

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