Senior Associate Endpoint Security Engineer

Join our team at AMGEN Capability Center Portugal, the #1 company in Best Workplaces™ (201–500 employees' category) in Portugal in 2024 by the Great Place to Work Institute. With over 500 talented individuals from more than 40 nationalities, our Lisbon center thrives at the intersection of innovation, excellence, and inspiration. This is your opportunity to explore the future of healthcare through technology and digital innovation, supporting our mission To Serve Patients.  

Senior Associate Endpoint Security Engineer

At AMGEN, Technology isn’t just a support function—it’s a catalyst for discovery, transformation, and real-world impact. Here, your ideas fuel innovation that improves and saves lives of patients in dire need of our medicines. Are you ready to do meaningful work that matters? 

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What you will do

As an Endpoint Security Senior Associate, you will be a technical endpoint security engineer for a very diverse endpoint solution. This engineer will play a key role in designing, deploying, and maintaining solutions to build our evolving endpoint protection capabilities. Endpoint Security Engineers operate, lead, and improve multiple endpoint security technologies. This associate will protect Amgen from threats inside of the company's environment within both the global corporate network and manufacturing environments.

You will ensure that all technologies are operationally ready and that the endpoint security, SOC teams are enabled to execute on capabilities as needed to resolve operational issues or business requirements. This position will be responsible for delivering world-class security systems and tools management related to the Endpoint Security space. The role will work with other engineers and business units to help spec, build, administer/configure, and maintain critical preventive and detective security infrastructure related to Amgen’s endpoints. Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will:

• Run policies and software deployment in anti-virus, anti-malware, and endpoint detection and response solutions
• Operate endpoint discovery software deployment, while improving process maturity
• Develop and update enterprise documentation for endpoint security processes, policies, and standards
• Provide end to end support to enterprise counterparts, identifying root cause of sophisticated enterprise initiatives with endpoint security solutions
• Perform moderate trouble shooting across complex enterprise applications, server, and endpoint environments
• Ability to onboard, learn and implement new security technologies
• Maintain secure configuration process for software and version compliance across global enterprises
• Demonstrate sophisticated knowledge of malware operation and indicators of threat across Amgen
• In depth experience with Windows operating systems (workstation and server)

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The information security professional we seek is a self-starter with these qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• Or Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of experience in Information Systems, or Computer Science
• Or Associate degree and 4 years of experience in Information Systems, or Computer Science
• Or High school diploma / GED and 6 years of experience in Information Systems, or Computer Science

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Windows and Linux OSs and associated scripting languages
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience on endpoint security with technologies and solutions like Traditional Anti-Malware Technologies, Next Generation Anti-Malware, Application Allowlisting, and Endpoint Detection and Response
• Experience in one or more Information Security domains to include security monitoring, threat intelligence, network protection, data protection, endpoint protection, technical security assessments, or security architecture
• Familiarity with information security frameworks and policies like ISO 27001/27002, NIST, and CoBIT
• Experience with regulated systems (GxP, SOX) in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare industry is preferred
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills with complex technologies that impact security
• Experience in complex enterprise environments with contending business priorities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective working with global, virtual teams in a collaborative setting, placing priority on the successful completion of team goals
• Self-starter with a high degree of initiative and the ability to optimally prioritize.
• Experience creating and maintain basic automation routines to support different repetitive tasks and recurrent security events.

Preferred Certifications (Any):

• SANS (GSEC, GCED)
• Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) or Security+
• Microsoft Certifications (MCSA, MCSD, MCSE)

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also care deeply for our teammates’ well-being and growth. 

• Work That Matters – Build tech that accelerates scientific breakthroughs and helps patients worldwide. 

• Modern Tech Stack – Cloud-first, automation-focused, AI-powered. 

• Global Scale, Agile Mindset – Collaborate across continents while working in nimble, high-impact teams. 

• Continuous Learning – Access to certifications, trainings, mentorship, and career mobility. 

• AMGEN Total Rewards Plan – Comprehensive benefits in healthcare, finance, and well-being. 

• Flexibility – Hybrid work model with time split between our Lisbon office and remote work. 

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

AMGEN is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.