Specialist Cybersecurity Engineering

Job Description

At our company, we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. We're at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. Join our Security Engineering team and help design, operate, and enhance the next generation of Azure-native security telemetry and analytics platforms that protect our global enterprise.

Responsibilities:

• Develop KQL queries, Azure Workbooks, and Power BI dashboards to visualize and monitor security events across the enterprise.
• Assist in the provisioning and management of Azure Data Explorer (ADX) clusters, schemas, and ingestion pipelines.
• Implement and operate Cribl (Stream/Edge) pipelines to route, enrich, and normalize telemetry for Sentinel and ADX.
• Build and maintain data integrations between ADX, Power BI, and Sentinel for advanced security analytics and executive reporting.
• Support automation workflows leveraging Azure Logic Apps, and Functions.
• Contribute to Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) deployments using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates for scalable, repeatable resource provisioning.
• Monitor data ingestion health and system performance, escalating issues to Sr. Specialists as needed.
• Maintain detailed documentation, runbooks, and operational playbooks for consistent support and knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate with SOC, Incident Response, and Cloud Engineering teams to translate operational requirements into technical implementations.
• Partner with SME to drive continuous improvement in data ingestion, detection engineering, and dashboard optimization.
• Grow your expertise in Sentinel, ADX, Cribl, and Azure Security Services through hands-on engineering and mentorship.

Qualifications:

• 2–5+ years of IT or security engineering experience, with 1–3+ years focused on Azure security technologies.
• Practical experience with KQL queries
• Familiarity with ADX schema design, data ingestion, and query optimization.
• Familiarity with Cribl Stream/Edge for log collection and transformation.
• Solid understanding of Azure services such as Event Hub, Logic Apps, Functions, and Key Vault.
• Experience with IaC frameworks (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates).
• Demonstrated ability to build or maintain Azure Workbooks and/or Power BI dashboards for operational insights.

Preferred

• Scripting experience in PowerShell or Python for automation.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices for CI/CD deployment of Azure resources.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a learning mindset.

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent baseline cybersecurity certification

Required Skills:

Azure Devops, Azure Logic Apps, Certificate Services, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Analytics, Cybersecurity Operations, Security Engineering

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

11/23/2025

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