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This role pays less than
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$152,000–$216,262
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$151k
versus about
$184k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
9 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$129,000–$203,100
across 7 roles with salary data.
The Sr. Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering is a hands-on security engineer responsible for securing strategic enterprise platforms through implementation, automation, assurance, and continuous risk reduction. Working with platform owners and architects, you will embed security controls, improve resilience, and maintain trusted operations across critical business platforms. Your daily work involves engineering and maintaining security controls for SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Veeva, and AI platforms. You will develop automation, controls-as-code, and reusable security patterns while integrating capabilities into CI/CD workflows. Key technical requirements include experience with cloud security, identity security, Kubernetes, APIs, and modern cloud-native technologies. You must also apply AI to improve cybersecurity engineering, investigations, and operational efficiency while addressing emerging AI security risks within a regulated enterprise environment.
SOAR
AI
Python
APIs
Splunk
Microsoft Sentinel
SIEM
Data Analytics
Threat Modeling
Process Design
Cybersecurity
Security Engineering
Claude
CISSP
CISM
CRISC