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Astellas Pharma Attack Surface Management Lead in Mumbai, India
Attack Surface Management Lead
Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!
Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com .
This is a remote position and is based in India. Remote work from certain states may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines. Candidates interested in remote work are encouraged to apply.
Description:
Astellas have a vacancy for a Senior Vulnerability Manager within the Cyber Security Operations team.
The Vulnerability Manager will take responsibility for identifying, understanding, managing, and communicating risks to the business because of software and infrastructure vulnerabilities.
The successful candidate will work with owners of internally developed software, 3rd party software, and on-premise/cloud infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities within the Iceland environment. They will then use their vulnerability management experience to provide a prioritized understanding of risks posed to the business by these vulnerabilities.
The Vulnerability Manager will be given leeway to further evolve the vulnerability management process based upon their experience.
Essential Job Duties:
Responsibility for continuous vulnerability scanning, and the management of periodic independent vulnerability assessments will be within the remit of the Vulnerability Manager. Providing assurance of effective and comprehensive patch management will also form part of this role.
Quantitative Dimensions:
An in-depth understanding of what security vulnerabilities are, how they are categorized, how they can be remediated, and what risks they pose is essential.
The ability to be able to prioritize the remediation of vulnerabilities based on threat intelligence and business context is essential.
You will be highly competent in producing meaningful reports and communicating to relevant stakeholders.
Experience of working with Microsoft Defender and reputable SAST, SCA, and CSPM tools is highly desirable.
You will be completely comfortable with productivity tools for documentation, presentation, and data analysis.
A high degree of understanding in patch management and security configuration management is required.
Experience of performing and/or managing penetration testing is advantageous.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree
10 years’ experience managing scanning, patching and vulnerably management
Experience of working closing with outsourced vendors and global deliver teams
Experience of use scanning tools like Quals and Tenable to develop remediation plans for cloud and on-prem DC’s
Ability to present to leadership at CISO level meetings
CISM or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications:
- Enhanced vulnerability tool qualification
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Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.
EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans
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