Hybrid Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineering

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About the role

  • Associate Director leading product security platform engineering at Merck. Ensuring security capabilities integrate within engineering workflows and adhere to security standards.

Responsibilities

  • 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

Job title

Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineering

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

$142,400 - $224,100 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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