About the Role

Novartis Commercial Innovative Medicines International & US provide digital technologies that bring world-class, innovative medicines to patients around the world. As a Functional Security Architect (FSA), you will support these strategic initiatives by providing subject matter expertise in the domain of end-to-end security architecture.

• Providing in-depth expertise to business leaders and technical audiences about cybersecurity best practices for CRM, CMS, and Interactive Product assets.
• Advising to engineering and website development teams about approved security patterns and practices.
• Reviewing, and challenges defined IT security related internal standards for the ongoing improvement of Novartis policies and procedures.
• Acting as single point of contact, collaborating closely with other Security Architects and IT Architects on IT security related matters.
• Promoting IT Security culture within the business and application management team
• Defining pragmatic solutions and recommends alternatives that meet or exceed security requirements
• Reporting on security status of projects, builds external network regarding IT security relevant to the business function.
• Performing risk/threat assessment of all IT project related to the function.
• Managing pool of external security and solution architects assigned to portfolio. Manages prioritization of security assessment for the function

Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Role Requirements

• University working and thinking level, degree in business/technical/scientific area or comparable education/experience.
• 7+ years' work experience, minimum 5 years within Information Security management as an Architect.
• 5+ years as an IT security expert
• Experience with Salesforce.com and Drupal are essential or equivalent.
• Expert knowledge of enterprise IT infrastructure technology, systems, vulnerability management, and change management processes, especially in large scale implementations

Desirable:
• Professional information security certification, such as CISSP, CISM or ISO 27001 auditor / practitioner is preferred. Professional (information system) risk or audit certification such as CIA, CISA or CRISC is preferred
• CSSLP, GSSP, ECCSP, CASS

Why Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, 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!

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