Security Engineer

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.

Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.

Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

You will lead security engineering work that protects GSK systems and cloud services in India. You will design, implement and operate security controls. You will work closely with engineers, architects, security and business teams to reduce risk and enable secure delivery. We value practical problem-solvers who communicate clearly, collaborate across teams, and drive measurable improvements. This role offers career growth, meaningful impact and the chance to help GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following: Design, build and operate security controls for cloud infrastructure, cloud-native services and on-prem systems.

Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, platform services and application delivery with engineering teams.

Automate identity, authentication, authorization and access management controls.

Identify and assess security risks; provide remediation guidance and track mitigation to closure.

Evaluate, deploy and operate security tools such as WAF, CASB, API security, vulnerability scanners and endpoint protection.

Produce clear documentation, runbooks and metrics to support operations, compliance and continuous improvement.

Why You?

This role is hybrid. You will work from home and spend regular time at a GSK office in India. We welcome people who want to make a positive impact, learn new skills and work across teams. If you like solving practical security problems and helping teams deliver safely, we want to hear from you.

Basic Qualification

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security or a related field.

Minimum 5 years’ experience in IT, with at least 3 years focused on cloud security, cloud administration, or security engineering.

Hands-on experience with one or more cloud platforms such as Azure, Google Cloud Platform or AWS.

Practical experience with security technologies like web application firewalls, cloud access security brokers, API security, endpoint protection or vulnerability scanners.

Solid understanding of risk management, vulnerability management and compliance processes.

Clear verbal and written communication skills to explain technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualification

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: Certifications such as CCSP, AZ-500, AZ-104, AWS Security Specialty or equivalent.

Scripting experience in Python, PowerShell or similar languages to support automation.

Familiarity with DevSecOps and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and container workflows.

Experience with vulnerability scanning tools, container security and cloud-native security tooling.

Experience working with SOC, incident response or security engineering teams.

Experience designing resilient, highly available services and disaster recovery approaches.

How to apply If this role fits your skills and goals, please apply. Tell us why you want to join and how you can make an impact. We look forward to hearing from you.

Skills AI for Cybersecurity, Application Security, Cloud Security, Computer Programming, Data Security, Identity Access Management (IAM), Information Systems, Infrastructure Security, ML Security, Operating Systems Security, Scripting, Security Engineering, Security Technologies, Security Testing, Vulnerability Management    

Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

Inclusion at GSK: As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

Please contact our Recruitment Team at IN.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs.

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