Novartis

Job ID

386440BR

About the role

Our Information Security Compliance Group is looking for an Associate Director - Cloud IAM Security Architect to enhance our team's capabilities in securing our cloud environments. This role will focus on the intersection of cloud architecture and identity & access management, ensuring robust, secure IAM practices are integrated into our public cloud and on-premise hosting environments in alignment with defined policies and industry standards.

The successful candidate will be a good communicator with deep technical expertise in Cloud Technology, Security Methodology, IAM, and, most importantly, a pragmatist who can think creatively. The individual must be highly collaborative as they will have an opportunity to influence functional leadership, project and application managers, other architects, engineers and developers towards best IAM security practices.

Your key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain security roadmaps focusing on IAM within cloud environments, collaborating with other security domain architects for technology and service alignment.
• Lead the evaluation of new IAM technologies/products/solutions for Public Cloud technologies, providing thought leadership in identifying specific IAM security standards.
• Engage in hands-on engineering work, driving IAM product/solution Proof of Concept alongside security architects/engineers.
• Identify and lead the development of new IAM security design patterns and participate in our Security Technical Design Authority.
• Drive and define required Threat Modeling methodologies & related tools, with a focus on IAM for Cloud hosting environments.
• Serve as our in-house expert on Cloud IAM security topics, identifying major IAM-related security deficiencies and designing pragmatic remediation strategies at scale.
• Report on the cloud IAM security posture status across the company periodically, maintaining a clear risk acceptance/remediation level.

Position Title

Associate Director - Cloud IAM Security Architect

Role Requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 8+ years of relevant professional IT experience, with a strong foundation in IT infrastructure technology, systems, and management processes in a regulated industry.
• 4+ years of experience as an Information Security Architect, with a significant focus on IAM.
• 2+ years of experience with AWS or Azure, particularly with IAM security architecture (IaaS/PaaS).
• 2+ years of experience in DevOps/DevSecOps models, focusing on integrating IAM security practices.
• Experience in sourcing complex IT services, working closely with vendors and leveraging their capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain successful relationships with senior leaders across various functions and manage projects in a matrixed environment.
• Proficiency in English (written & oral).

Nice to Have:

• 5+ years of experience working in or providing IT services to a large enterprise, with a focus on IAM.
• Relevant Security-related certifications: Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
• Relevant Technology-related certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

You’ll receive:

Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 90 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); car allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/

Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible to you.

Why consider Novartis?

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we

achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here:

https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-cultureImagine what you could do here at Novartis!

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Job Type

Full Time

Country

Czech Republic

Work Location

Prague

Functional Area

Technology Transformation

Division

Operations

Business Unit

DATA, DIGITAL & IT

Employment Type

Regular

Company/Legal Entity

NOV CZE

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are 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

Alternative Country 1

Israel

Alternative Country 2

India

Alternative Country 3

Mexico

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