Senior Manager, IT Security

PTC Therapeutics is a global commercial biopharmaceutical company. For over 25 years our team has been deeply committed to a unified purpose: Extending life’s moments for children and adults living with a rare disease.

At PTC, we cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to join our team, fostering a strong sense of belonging.

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Job Description Summary:

Senior Manager, IT Security designs, implements, and maintains the security controls that protect an organization’s systems, data, and networks in support of PTC Therapeutics business objectives by helping to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our network.

The ideal candidate should possess technical skills in security technologies, networking, and troubleshooting and be comfortable delivering technical solutions in a fast-paced environment. The candidate needs to be passionate about their career in Cybersecurity and demonstrate the ability to pick up new expertise and technologies.

The daily duties include project work, hands-on troubleshooting of security technologies, vulnerability management, network hardening, tracking, and resolving complex issues across the enterprise, interfacing with cross-functional teams, and other duties as requested.

This individual will work closely with several key individuals and teams and be part of a dedicated team of security professionals who demonstrate superb technical competency, making PTC Therapeutics as secure as possible.

The Senior Manager, IT Security supports adherence to relevant regulatory requirements and company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as appropriate.
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Job Description:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Primary duties/responsibilities:

• Administrate, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot security technologies (e.g., firewalls, application-based firewalls, intrusion detection systems, Zero Trust, and associated software)

• Scan, prioritize, and support remediation of vulnerabilities across systems. Assist in designing secure systems, cloud environments, and zero-trust frameworks.

• Develop scripts/playbooks to automate security workflows

• Work collaboratively with other groups and divisions inside of PTC Therapeutics

• Respond to outages and resolve and document incident tickets

• Remain current on emerging security risks, trends, and technologies and share with the team

• Identify recurring security issues and opportunities for improvement, recommending proactive measures and best practices to address gaps

• Plan, implement and upgrade security technologies and controls

• All other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES REQUIRED

* Minimum level of education and years of relevant work experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT or Cybersecurity and a minimum of 6 years of combined IT and Cybersecurity related work experience, preferably in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other regulated environment

* Special knowledge or skills needed and/or licenses or certificates required.

• Hands-on/demonstrated experience with segmentation technologies such as Next-Generation Firewalls, Access Control lists, Host-based Firewalls, Web filtering, and Zero Trust technologies

• Relevant enterprise-level experience within an information security group coupled with a working knowledge of the technical protocols that make up a modern enterprise [i.e., TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, TLS, SMB, SSH, etc.]

• Experience with security solutions such as CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, Zscaler, Cortex, Okta

• Knowledge of security standards and log analysis

• Ability to work comfortably and successfully in a fast-paced environment with frequent changes in priorities and ability to positively influence others or manage indirectly

• Experience with any scripting languages

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills

• Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and resolution skills

• Innovative, creative, curious, risk-minded, and passionate about Information Security and Technology.

• Fluent in English

* Special knowledge or skills needed and/or licenses or cer