Novartis Pharmaceuticals Hiring for Associate Director Security Operations – NetSec Governance at Hyderabad, AP, India Full Time

369768BR Job ID: 369768BR Job Description: 15 Petabyte of data hosted, 49 countries supported, 15000 servers and thousands of devices to connect locations and businesses. The role will be responsible for ensuring the efficient and secure configuration of the Network Security infrastructure, monitoring, and detecting areas for improvement, investigating potential threats, and collaborating with internal security organizations and third-party vendors. The ideal candidate has a consistent technical background that allow him/her to drive complex IT security activities through an international and large organization. Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Contribute building technical governance around Network security with particular focus on Firewall governance and deviations from agreed industry standards and best practices. • Oversee end-to-end delivery of systems, tools, or applications and ensure their stability, integrity, and business continuity with particular focus on technical governance. • Ensure services in scope are delivered to the agreed SLA, including reviewing supplier performance based on the agreed agreements and KPIs and operational excellence can be ensured. • Oversee problem management and drive identification of root causes and prevention of recurrences. • Investigate potential threats, identify possible improvements, and overview alerts and blockings within network security environment while being in regular contact with other ISC stakeholders. • Assist the IT partners and service providers with technical clarifications and investigations for analyzing deviations to security definitions, estimation of risks, and remediation strategy decision. • Ensure adherence to documented operational procedures and quality standards, and that appropriate operational service documentation is created & accepted by stakeholders. • Fosters a culture of high performance and innovation within the ISC organization. nnnn Position Title: Associate Director Security Operations – NetSec Governance Minimum requirements: What you’ll bring to the role: • University degree in IT or/and IT Security or equivalent experience • Over 7+ years of professional experience in a similar or related role • Network fundamentals including the OSI & TCP/IP models and routing switching • IT Security knowledge, with notions ranging from infrastructure to application security • Technical governance of solutions such as FW, FW Management tools, IPS, Proxy, Micro segmentation tools. Desired Requirements: • Professional certifications such as CCNA, CEH, CISM, CISSP, or similar • Experience with Security Operations tools in the Network, vulnerability management, or discovery & access domains Why consider Novartis? 769 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2022, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives. We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working. We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what’s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying! Imagine what you could do here at Novartis! India Accessibility and accommodation Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversityandincl.india@novartis.comand let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network Job Type: Full Time Country: India Work Location: Hyderabad, AP Functional Area: Technology Transformation Division: CTS Business Unit: TT CTS Employment Type: Regular Company/Legal Entity: Nov Hltcr Shared Services Ind Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. Shift Work: No Early Talent: No