SIEM Engineer

Career Category Information Systems Job Description Join our team at AMGEN 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. SIEM 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? LIVE WHAT YOU WILL DO As a SIEM Engineer you will play vital role you will be responsible for developing and implementing the organization’s security monitoring strategy to safeguard data, systems, and networks against potential threats. This includes designing and deploying robust security monitoring architecture, ensuring comprehensive coverage and real-time threat detection. The role involves close collaboration with IT teams to incorporate security monitoring into every layer of the technology stack. Key responsibilities include collaborating with the security monitoring team, handling risk, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards. Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will: • Configure and maintain SIEM and Security Data Lake (SDL) components, including log collection, ingestion, parsing, and normalization, following established designs and standards. • Monitor the health and performance of assigned SIEM and SDL components, troubleshoot common issues, document findings, and escalate complex or high-impact problems. • Implement and test log source integrations and configuration changes based on defined technical requirements and approved procedures. • Validate log data quality, and develop and tune detection rules, dashboards, and reports based on documented requirements or identified gaps. • Support incident investigations and operational coordination by providing relevant SIEM data and working with source owners or support teams to address issues. • Maintain documentation and support audits, while identifying recurring issues and recommending practical improvements to procedures, configurations, and monitoring. WIN WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership qualities, a deep understanding of cybersecurity practices, and extensive experience in managing large-scale security monitoring programs. Basic Qualifications: • Master’s degree with 1 to 2 years of experience in Information Systems or related field OR • Bachelor’s degree with 2 to 3 years of experience Information Systems or related field OR • Diploma with 3 to 4 years of experience in Information Systems or related field. • Proven track-record in understanding of common security monitoring and detection engineering practices. • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, technologies, and best practices. • Strong knowledge of security architecture frameworks and principles. Preferred Qualifications: …