Job Description

Gilead Sciences is continuing to hire for all open roles. Our interview process may be conducted virtually and some roles will be asked to temporarily work from home. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be implementing a phased approach to bringing employees back to site to ensure the health and safety of our teams.

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Job Description



Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to pursuing scientific invention to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis and cancer. Gilead has operations in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.

You will be part of a team that is helping millions of people live healthier, more fulfilling lives. We are a close community where every individual matters and everyone has a chance to enhance their skills through ongoing development. Inclusion is one of our core values, which means we are creating and fostering a work environment where our differences are valued, and everyone feels respected and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. By joining Gilead, you will further our mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative therapeutics for people with life-threatening diseases.

The Gilead Business Services center in Raleighs Research Triangle region will be home to some of the companys critical shared service teams in North America, including Information Technology, Global Financial Solutions, HR Operations and Procurement Services Desk. These functions provide the necessary support to ensure Gileads business runs effectively and efficiently. The center will also be a catalyst for standardization of processes, digital transformation and technology optimization.

The Application Security Engineer is a key member of Gilead's Security, Risk and Compliance (SRC) team and works closely with cross-functional project teams to pursue project end goals. The candidate will work with application security technologies in multiple capacities. These include but are not limited to leading invest and sustainment projects that seek to enhance existing or implement new capabilities, providing high level support for security solutions, partnering with IT and business colleagues to address security needs and generally furthering the appropriate identification and treatment of risk at the company.

Essential Job Functions:

Work with SRC stakeholders to determine / define needs and requirements for security capabilities to address business needs and mitigate risk

Install, configure and evaluate new technologies against defined requirements through proof-of-concept implementations

Develop solution architectures to support the implementation of new technologies

Create documentation including test cases and findings reports for POCs

Create documentation as part of the companys project lifecycle

Liaise with IT colleagues to assist with implementation and rollout of platform security tools.

Provide input to SRCs Platform security roadmap to ensure critical needs and / or gaps are identified and planned for at the right time

Assist in formalizing and updating security policies, procedures and technical standards

Lead sustainment projects that support maintenance and enhancements of existing capabilities

Act as system manager for identified platform security tools

Basic Qualifications:

High School Degree and Eleven Year's Experience OR Bachelor's Degree and Seven Years Experience OR Masters' Degree and Five Years Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

5+ years of progressively responsible IT experience with at least 3 years of security/infrastructure protection experience.

Experience performing project focused information security work with cross-functional teams in an enterprise setting.

Must have a good understanding of the following security domains: Audit and Monitoring, Risk Response & Recovery, Cryptography, Data Communications, Computer Operations Security, Telecommunications & Network Security, Security Architecture & Models, and cloud security.

Should have strong technical skills and experience working with security technologies in the application security space. These include (but are not limited to): enterprise level client backup solutions (e.g. CrashPlan, Druva, etc.), public key infrastructure (PKI), digital and electronic signature, scripting languages (e.g. powershell, bash), Segregation of duties and role analysis solutions, file share access provisioning and monitoring, etc.

Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt information delivery based on the target audience.

Ability to work in a fast paced, highly visible, changing environment.

Proven ability to build working relationships with partners, peers, and senior management.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to multitask and manage multiple topics and demands concurrently.

Working knowledge of IT processes (i.e., ITIL) including incident, problem, defect, change, etc.

Prior working experience in a pharmaceutical company is preferred.

Highly organized, results-oriented and attentive to details.

Self-motivated, proactive, independent and responsive requires little supervisory attention.

Excellent presentation, facilitation and diplomacy skills.

Able to perform other duties as assigned.

Ability to document technical solutions with excellent organization and grammar.

Prefer CISSP, GIAC, etc.


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