Valent BioSciences

Security Engineer

• Responsible for safeguarding the Valent USA and Sumitomo Biorational Company (SBC) by ensuring a strong IT control environment, robust cybersecurity operations, and enterprise risk mitigation.
• Leads the strategy and execution of IT compliance programs, including J-SOX as well as day-to-day cybersecurity operations and broader risk management activities.
• Serves as the trusted advisor to IT and business leadership, drives continuous improvement of the control environment, shaping policies and practices that proactively mitigate risk, support audit readiness, and align internal and external regulatory requirements.
• Accountable for advancing SBC’s IT security and risk posture in alignment with global and regional standards.
• Oversee day-to-day cybersecurity operations and threat management activities.
• Implement and operate GRC tools to track control lifecycle, manage evidence, automate workflows, and generate reports.
• Own the enterprise IT risk management framework, including periodic risk assessments and risk register management.

Associate Director, IT Compliance, Security & Risk Management

Security Operations

• Responsible for monitoring, detecting, responding to, and remediating security threats across Valent USA and Sumitomo Biorational Company’s (SBC) technology landscape.
• Ensures the continuous operation and improvement of security tools, automates security workflows, and supports the implementation of security controls across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Leads initiatives to advance company-wide cybersecurity services and requires a high-level technical expertise to provide guidance on information security best practices.
• Contributes to information security policy maintenance; assists with the design of security education, training, and monitors compliance with third-party suppliers, SBC IT Security policies, regulatory requirements, and applicable laws.
• Reports to the Security Operations Manager and works closely with internal IT teams, managed service providers, legal, and compliance stakeholders to safeguard Valent’s and SBC’s systems, data, and users.
• Operate and tune security monitoring platforms including SIEM, endpoint detection and response (EDR), identity protection, email security, and cloud security tools.
• Triage and investigate security alerts, determine root cause, and take appropriate containment and remediation actions in coordination with internal and external teams.
• Support incident response activities.
• Collaborate with the Security Operations Manager and managed security services provider (MSSP) to refine detection rules, correlation logic, and incident escalation procedures.
• Configure, maintain, and improve security tools to ensure optimal performance and coverage.
• Identify opportunities to automate operational tasks such as log analysis, incident response steps, and reporting using scripting tools (e.g., PowerShell or Python).
• Analyze vulnerability scan results and coordinate remediation efforts with infrastructure, application, and cloud teams.

Associate Director, IT Compliance, Security & Risk Management

Cyber Security Operations Engineer