Senior Associate Cloud Security Engineer

Job DescriptionJoin our team atAMGEN 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 Cloud 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? LIVEWhat You Will DoAmgen is seeking a Senior Associate Cloud Security Engineer to join Amgen's Cloud Security organization who will be reporting into the Global Information Protection Organization in Amgen and will be based in Lisbon, PRT, at Amgen's new Capability Center. Continuously assess cloud configurations using automated compliance and vulnerability management tools to identify misconfigurations and security risks. Conduct threat modeling and risk assessments for new cloud solutions and emerging services, ensuring alignment with organizational risk appetite and compliance standards. Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) with embedded security guardrails and policy-as-code enforcement. Integrate cloud-native logging and monitoring services (e.g., AWS CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, GCP Cloud Logging) into centralized SIEM platforms for threat detection and analysis. Collaborate with DevOps and application teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and implement automated scanning, secrets management, and dependency validation. Respond to cloud-related security incidents, conduct forensic investigations, and implement remediations to prevent recurrence and strengthen detection mechanisms. Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational standards for cloud security processes, controls, and procedures. This position requires after hours responsibilities and may require some travel. WINWhat We Expect Of YouWe are all different, yet we all use our outstanding contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a versatile person with these qualifications. Strong command of security foundations, e.g. authentication, authorization, confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Solid understanding of security principles such as the principle of least privilege or economy of mechanism. Good working knowledge of cryptography, e.g. key management, symmetric, and asymmetric encryption. Comprehensive experience with Amazon AWS, understanding of Identity and Access Management, Data Protection, Secure DevOps, Security Operations, and other security domains for Cloud. Good hands-on experience with AWS foundation services related to compute, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management, automation technologies. Experience using AWS Cloud Services (EC2, DynamoDB, API Gateway, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Route 53, etc.). Working/Emerging knowledge of Enterprise Cloud Solutions across IaaS, PaaS & SaaS. This may include: AWS, Azure, OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, Salesforce, Microsoft Office 365, Box, etc. Team-oriented, placing priority on successful completion of team goals. Self-starter with a high degree of initiative. Good verbal and written communication skills. AWS Certified Professional or higher. Basic Qualifications: Minimum Education required - High School diploma or GED. (Ideally a Bachelor degree on a related career field). Ideally +/- 4 years of Information Security or Information Technology experience. THRIVEWhat You Can Expect Of UsAs 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. APPLY NOWObjects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us. CAREERS.AMGEN.COMEQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENTAMGEN 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.