Security Solutions Architect (Mergers & Acquisitions)

Your Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Advises peer architects and technologists about approved security patterns and practices
• Reviews, and challenges defined IT security related internal standards for the ongoing improvement of Novartis policies and procedures
• Acts as single point of contact, collaborating closely with other Security Architects and IT Architects on IT security related matters
• Promotes IT Security culture within the business and application management teams
• Defines pragmatic solutions and recommends alternatives that meet or exceed security requirements
• Reports on security status of various M&A projects 
• Builds external network and eminence regarding IT security relevant to the business function
• Performs risk/threat assessment of all IT project related to the function
• Where needed, manages pool of external security and solution architects assigned to portfolio
• Manages prioritization of security assessment for the function

What you will bring to the role:

• University working and thinking level, degree in business/technical/scientific area or comparable education/experience
• 7+ years’ work experience, 5 years within Information / Cyber Security / IT security expert
• Experience in mergers and acquisition IT area is preferable
• 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
• AWS and Azure Security Architect certifications

You’ll receive (Czechia only):

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); public transportation allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/

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:

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Accessibility and accommodation:

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