
Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineering
MSD
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Rahway • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • United States
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Salary
💰 $142,400 - $224,100 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead design, development, and scaling of product security platforms, including integrating application scanners and cloud-native security guardrails
- Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines, provisioning workflows, and developer platforms
- Drive automation/AI and orchestration to reduce manual security review overhead
- Translate enterprise security policies and standards into enforceable platform capabilities
- Partner with architecture, Cloud, DevOps, and product teams to integrate secure‑by‑design principles into engineering workflows
- Establish platform KPIs, KRIs, and adoption metrics; enable reporting for risk reviews, leadership updates, and regulatory needs
- Oversee platform operations, including performance, availability, team processes, backlog management, vendor management, and escalations
- Lead a team of platform engineers and security specialists
- Provide mentorship, career development, and continuous learning opportunities
- Work closely with product lines, cloud engineering, DevOps, and enterprise security teams to drive adoption of platform capabilities
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, DevSecOps, platform engineering, cloud security, or application security
- Deep experience with at least two of: SAST, SCA, DAST, cloud security platforms, Containers, vulnerability management tooling, logging/telemetry, or CI/CD integration
- Strong engineering background (Python, Java, automation frameworks, cloud-native architectures)
- Experience deploying enterprise‑scale security platforms and integrating them into engineering ecosystems
- Proven leadership experience managing teams or large cross‑functional initiatives
- Bachelor's or Advanced degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field
- Relevant certifications (CISSP, CCSK, GIAC, etc.)
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays
- vacation
- compassionate and sick days
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cybersecurity engineeringDevSecOpsplatform engineeringcloud securityapplication securitySASTSCADASTPythonJava
Soft Skills
leadershipmentorshipteam managementcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingcareer developmentcontinuous learning
Certifications
CISSPCCSKGIAC