Principal Security Design Advisor

The Principal Security Design Advisor is a senior technical leader responsible for driving Secure-by-Design practices across enterprise platforms, cloud services, developer ecosystems, AI solutions, and product teams.

Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as the security advisor for strategic platforms, products, cloud, and AI initiatives.
- Lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security design assessments.
- Define and promote secure-by-design standards, patterns, and guardrails.
- Partner with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps teams to embed security into CI/CD and developer workflows.
- Provide expertise in cloud security, application security, AI security, software supply chain security, and platform governance.
- Influence security strategy and mentor engineering teams on security best practices.

Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years in cybersecurity engineering, security architecture, cloud security, DevSecOps, or product security.
- Strong experience in threat modeling, security architecture, and cloud-native technologies.
- Expertise in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD security, and security automation.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience securing AI/GenAI platforms and software supply chains.
- CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, or GIAC certifications.
- Experience in highly regulated environments and enterprise-scale security programs.

Benefits (explicitly stated): Eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable); comprehensive medical/dental/vision, retirement (401(k)), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate/sick days.

Application Instructions:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub as a current employee). Application deadline is stated on the posting.