Associate Director Cybersecurity Engineering

MSD

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Work type
Remote
Location
Rahway, NJWest Point, PA
Salary
$142,400–$224,100 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Nov 11, 2026 (soon)
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $155,225–$230,725 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $183k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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About MSD

MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) is the international name for Merck & Co., a major U.S.-based pharmaceutical company.

MSD currently has 5 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $142,400–$224,100 across 5 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Associate Director Cybersecurity Engineering

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The Associate Director Cybersecurity Engineering will join the security team to design, implement, and automate security controls across enterprise cloud environments. This role involves partnering with Cloud, Application, DevOps, and Security teams to ensure consistent, secure deployments. Key responsibilities include securing cloud identity, networking, workloads, data, containers, and APIs while building security guardrails using Infrastructure as Code and policy-as-code. The successful candidate will integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, remediate misconfigurations, and support threat detection and incident response. Required technical skills include experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP architecture, IAM, encryption, and secrets management. Proficiency in Git, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Kubernetes, and container security is essential. The role also requires familiarity with cloud security platforms like Wiz and AWS Security Hub to solve complex cloud security architecture problems.

Skills

AWS Azure GCP Infrastructure as Code CI/CD Kubernetes Python PowerShell Bash Git Zero Trust Wiz AWS Security Hub IAM Cloud Security Architecture DevSecOps NIST CIS Benchmarks

What you'll do

  • Design and implement security controls across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform environments.
  • Secure cloud identity, networking, workloads, data, containers, and APIs.
  • Build security guardrails using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and policy-as-code.
  • Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment processes.
  • Identify and remediate cloud misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and excessive permissions.
  • Support cloud security monitoring, logging, threat detection, and incident response.
  • Provide practical security guidance and architecture reviews to engineering teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Minimum 8 years of AWS, Azure, and/or GCP architecture and security experience.
  • Hands-on knowledge of IAM, cloud networking, encryption, secrets management, and workload security.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies.
  • Experience with Git, CI/CD, Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar automation technologies.
  • Understanding of Kubernetes and container security.
  • Familiarity with cloud security platforms such as Wiz or AWS Security Hub.
  • Relevant cloud or security certifications are a plus (preferred).

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