Specialist , Cybersecurity Operations

Job Description

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

As part of the Cyber Fusion Center (CFC), the Operational Technology (OT) Cyber Security Analyst identifies, analyzes, and supports remediation of cybersecurity risk across manufacturing and OT environments. The role partners with manufacturing sites, engineering teams, cybersecurity teams, and other stakeholders to strengthen OT cyber resilience, improve cyber hygiene, and advance threat detection capabilities.

The analyst independently performs assigned cybersecurity operations, including vulnerability management, OT threat detection and analysis, incident response, security control implementation, and stakeholder coordination. The role also contributes to the ongoing development and improvement of OT cybersecurity processes, platforms, and operational capabilities.

Education Minimum Requirement:

Required Experience and Skills:

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for:

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

Additional location(s) Compensation Information:

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Adaptability, Analytical Thinking, Corporate Security Management, Cybersecurity, Cyber Threat Hunting, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Detail-Oriented, Digital Forensics, Firewall Management, Incident/Breach Triage and Containment, Incident Response Management, Insider Threat Mitigation, Log Analysis, Malware Analysis, Network Security, Network Security Tools, Network Segmentation, Operational Technology (OT) Security, Perimeter Security, Security Controls, Security Fundamentals, Security Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) {+ 10 more}

Collaboration, Information Security, Network Communications

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Secondary Language(s) Job Description:

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

11/2/2026 *A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE  the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.