Principal Security Design Advisor

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Principal Security Design Advisor enhancing Secure-by-Design practices across platforms and AI initiatives at Merck. Collaborating with teams to integrate security and reduce enterprise risk.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeWest Point • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $117,000 - $184,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the security advisor for strategic platforms, products, cloud, and AI initiatives
Lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security design assessments
Define and promote secure-by-design standards, patterns, and guardrails
Partner with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps teams to embed security into CI/CD and developer workflows
Provide expertise in cloud security, application security, AI security, software supply chain security, and platform governance
Influence security strategy and mentor engineering teams on security best practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field
10+ years of cybersecurity engineering, security architecture, cloud security, DevSecOps, or product security experience
Strong experience in threat modeling, security architecture, and cloud-native technologies
Expertise in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD security, and security automation
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
retirement benefits, including 401(k)
paid holidays
vacation
compassionate and sick days

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Hard Skills & Tools

cybersecurity engineeringsecurity architecturecloud securityDevSecOpsthreat modelingcloud-native technologiessecurity automationCI/CD securityapplication securitysoftware supply chain security

Soft Skills

communicationstakeholder engagementmentoringinfluencingcollaboration