Lead Consultant - Cyber Security

Job Title: Lead Consultant - Cyber Security

Career Level - E

Introduction to Role:

Join us as a Lead Consultant in Cyber Security, where you will lead a team of security specialists and analysts, maintaining corporate wide information security to ensure that AstraZeneca’s information assets are adequately protected. This role is accountable for ensuring that services are delivered in accordance with Service Level Agreements, business requirements and customer experience expectations. You will also work closely with other IT functions, AZ business areas and suppliers.

Accountabilities:

As a Lead Consultant, you will be experienced in end-to-end Vulnerability Management processes with regards to On-Prem infrastructure security, application security and cloud security. You will participate in impact assessments to help define prioritisation and proper monitoring coverage. You will also develop automation, orchestration, and scripting to reduce manual processes, improving overall efficiency while also enabling new capabilities to meet our rapidly changing needs.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Extensive experience working in Security, in a complex, multinational, corporate environment
• A high level of governance knowledge
• A deep understanding of various security technologies and controls
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of Cyber security
• Experience of vulnerability management methodologies and tools (Qualys)
• A relevant technical degree, competence or equivalent (CISSP, CISM, CCSP)
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills, autonomous working, direction and goal setting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills along with the proven ability to present complex, technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experienced in developing and leading innovative solutions and “thinking outside of the box”
• Ability to analyze complex situations, assessing risks and balancing strategic and tactical Security requirements with business pragmatism, risk appetite and innovation
• Ability to prioritize, re-schedule and adapt to changes in a dynamic environment
• Excellent business acumen with sensitivity to environment.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

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When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we dare to lead, applying our problem-solving mindset to identify and tackle opportunities across the whole enterprise. Our spirit of experimentation is lived every day through our events like hackathons. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering world-class technology and data solutions. Our work unlocks the potential of science. We optimise and revolutionise AstraZeneca by maximising efficiencies and finding new ways to drive productivity. From automation to data simplification.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now!