Job Description

Job Description:

Technical Architect OT Cybersecurity Specialist

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

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.

Role Overview

The Operational Technology (OT) Infrastructure and Security Specialist play a vital global role, focusing on the design and implementation of Information Technology Infrastructure and Operational Technology systems supporting our manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams. This position will deliver technical guidance and secure designs that enhance the capabilities of our Manufacturing Division, ensuring that both new and existing systems are secure and capable of resilient operation.

What will you do in this role

• Provide IT and OT expertise to the Manufacturing division with a focus on creating a secure manufacturing and laboratory environment.
• Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, and the IT Risk Management and Security department and advise on the identification and assessment of potential cyber risks to OT systems, and design and implement measures to mitigate these risks.
• Review and approve shop and lab floor firewall rules while balancing useability and security.
• Create, Review, and Approve Information Technology Infrastructure Designs for new Manufacturing Division projects.
• Educate technical teams on OT complexities: The specialist should ensure that technical teams understand the differences between OT and traditional IT and are equipped to address the specific requirements and complexities of OT environments.
• Prepare and deliver project briefings and communicate complex topics effectively.

What should you have

• Education Minimum Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related study.
• The position will collaborate with colleagues in the United States East Coast; Dublin, Ireland; Prague, CZ; and Singapore technology centers.
• 3+ years relevant work experience
• Experience in IT/OT cyber-security design and operations for critical infrastructure systems
• Experience reviewing and approving firewall rules with understanding of the security risks associated with allowing data flows across secure network zones.
• Experience in reviewing designs of real time shopfloor and lab systems to ensure data flows have the appropriate levels of security and resiliency
• Experience designing or supporting IT and OT systems that support manufacturing and laboratory areas for at least two of the following: Firewalls, Windows Active Directory and Identity Management, Network Design and Observability, or Antivirus and Vulnerability Management.
• Results-orientation with the proven ability and reputation for developing plans and implementing them successfully
• The ability to travel will be required. Domestic and International.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Understanding of Information Technology (IT) and Operations Technology (OT) systems that support Manufacturing & Supply Chains, including manufacturing execution systems (MES), quality & labs systems, resource planning systems, and process control system technologies, cold chain and other supply chain systems.
• Intermediate level understanding of Industrial Systems and with industry standards such as NIST 800-53, 800-82, and 800-8183.
• Working knowledge and application of the network segmentation Perdue Model.
• Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry·
• Entry level Cybersecurity Certification (CEH, CompTIA, GISF. GSEC etc.).

Who we are

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.

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Emerging Technologies, Methods and Tools, Requirements Management, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, Strategic Planning, System Designs, Technical Advice

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Job Posting End Date:

11/10/2025

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