Business Introduction
GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.
Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.
Position Summary
Join GSK as a Cloud Security Assurance professional based in India. You will help secure our cloud platforms, services, and applications. You will work closely with engineers, architects, security and business teams to design, implement and operate cloud security controls. We value curious problem-solvers who are collaborative, detail-focused, and eager to learn. This role offers real growth, a chance to shape secure solutions at scale, and the opportunity to support GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Design, implement and operate security controls for cloud infrastructure and cloud-native services.
- Integrate security into cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines together with engineering teams.
- Drive automation for identity, authentication, authorization and access management in cloud environments.
- Assess cloud risks and implement mitigation plans, including vulnerability identification and remediation guidance.
- Maintain compliance with security standards and contribute to security policies and operational run-books.
- Work with vendors, platform teams and stakeholders to evaluate tools and improve cloud security services.
Why You?
This role is hybrid, combining remote work and time in-office at a GSK location in India. We welcome candidates who want to make a meaningful impact and who enjoy working across teams and technologies.
Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT, with at least 3 years focused on cloud security or cloud administration.
- Hands-on experience with one or more cloud providers (Azure, Google Cloud Platform, AWS).
- Practical experience with security technologies such as web application firewalls, cloud access security brokers, API security or endpoint protection.
- Solid understanding of risk management, vulnerability management and compliance processes.
- Good communication skills to explain technical topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Certifications such as CCSP, AZ-500, AZ-104, AWS Security Specialty or equivalent.
- Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell or similar languages for automation.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with vulnerability scanning, container security and cloud-native security tooling.
- Experience working with SOC, incident response or security engineering teams.
- Experience designing highly available services and cloud disaster recovery approaches.
What we offer
You will join a global team working on meaningful problems that protect our people, data and services. You will get chances to learn new skills, work with modern cloud platforms, and contribute to a mission that matters. If you are motivated to grow and help secure cloud environments at scale, we would like to hear from you.
How to apply
If this role aligns with your skills and aspirations, please apply. We look forward to learning about what you can bring to our cloud security team.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
Inclusion at GSK:
As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.
Please contact our Recruitment Team at [email protected] to discuss your needs.
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