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The Position

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Incident Response Operations)

The Global Security Monitoring and Incident Response (MIR) team at Roche strives to keep our networks and users safe from constantly evolving threats. As a CyberSecurity Engineer, you will help protect proprietary information, patient data, keep computer systems clean, and provide a safe information environment for our users. Combing through massive amounts of signals, you will have to identify signs of abuse or compromise of on-premise as well as cloud resources. All team members share a set of core responsibilities, handling incidents, requests from experts, as well as enquiries from end users. CyberSecurity Analysts are responsible for monitoring security information, identifying threats, and showing initiative to defend all Roche information systems. 

As an incident responder, you are expected to take part in an on call rotation during weekends and can be mobilized during major incidents. 

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and Incident Response for a global environment

• Take decisions, often under pressure, given partial information

• Contribute to proactive threat detection efforts

• Lead containment and remediation efforts during active security incidents

• Perform forensic analysis of relevant artifacts to support investigations

• Contribute to detection engineering activities across a global team

• Brief team members and leadership on relevant threats to the Roche group

• Communicate information security concepts and situations to senior management

• Contribute operational feedback to continuously strengthen detection and response processes

• Mentor newer team members

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 7+ years of experience in information security, including at least 3 years in a SOC/CERT/CSIRT environment

• Familiarity with TLP and information sharing best practices

• Ability to communicate information security-related concepts and situations to a non-technical audience

• Demonstrated ability to analyze, triage, and escalate information security incidents

• Knowledge of detection engineering and threat-hunting concepts

• Scripting and programming skills (Python, Javascript, Go, Rust, …)

• Demonstrated knowledge of operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOs)

• Excellent organization and communication skills.

• Fluent spoken and written English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Network and Endpoint security monitoring experience in a large complex environment

• Prior exposure to privacy frameworks in the context of IT security monitoring

• Knowledge of modern IAM controls and concepts (Zero Trust, Identity Aware Proxies, Active Directory Security, …)

• Knowledge of Cloud security concepts (multi-cloud environments, CSPM, …)

• A passion for the field of computer and network security

• Familiarity with various defensive AND offensive security toolsets

• Public speaking or mentoring experience

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.