GSK · 4 hours ago
Senior Governance Engineer
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$137K/yr - $228K/yr
6+ years expGSK is a global biopharma company focused on uniting science, technology, and talent to advance health. The Senior Governance Engineer will ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of infrastructure and applications while collaborating with various teams to implement governance solutions and maintain compliance with security policies.
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Design and deploy scalable and reliable governance solutions using a mix of existing technologies, open-source tools, and newly identified integrations
Build and maintain an automated policy engine that integrates with existing authorization systems, uses policy as code, is cloud-native (GCP), and integrated with the other Onyx Platforms and frameworks
Enable governance by design and implementation of user-friendly products through the use of computational and automatable engines and integrations with existing data platforms and pipelines, metadata, and authorization systems
Understand, amplify with Onyx and integrate requirements from security and internal regulatory teams to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations as part of the governance products
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient governance products
Use standard agile development SDLC processes for development management, CI/CD, and automation for infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes
Stay updated with the latest trends and best practices in security, governance, and data governance and contribute to the continuous improvement of our overall infrastructure and data platform
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a collaborative and knowledge-sharing culture within the organisation
Troubleshoot and resolve governance related issues and provide technical support to internal teams
Qualification
Required
PHD +2 years, Master's +4 years or Bachelors +6 years of relevant experience
Experience with one or more programming languages: e.g., Go, Python, Scala, Java
Experience in utilizing any cloud-based data governance solutions, like Open Policy Agent (OPA), Strya-DAS, Immuta, Privacera, Gatekeeper, AWS Data Governance tools, Google Cloud Data Catalog/DataPlex, or Microsoft Azure Purview, to manage and govern data across various cloud environments
Experience with Policy and Compliance monitoring
Preferred
Extensive knowledge of computational data governance, data security, compliance regulations, and industry best practices
Experience with managing authorization and authentication as code, integrating with Enterprise role-based access tools
Experience with implementing attribute-based access control
Demonstrated experience building reusable components on top of the CNCF ecosystem including Kubernetes (or similar ecosystem)
Experience in modern software development tools / ways of working (e.g. git/GitHub, devops tools, metrics / monitoring, …)
Cloud experience (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes), including infrastructure-as-code
Application experience of CI/CD implementations using git and a common CI/CD stack (e.g. Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab, Azure DevOps)
Demonstrated excellence with agile software development environments using tools like Jira and Confluence
Passionate about data-management and governance/privacy best practice
Benefits
Annual bonus
Eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
Health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
Retirement benefits
Paid holidays
Vacation
Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
Company
GSK
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$25.51MKey Investors
CARB-X
2021-03-02Grant· $18M
2020-09-23Grant· $7.51M
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Leadership Team
Julie Brown
CFO
Mike Elmore
SVP & Chief Information Security Officer, GSK
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