PAM Engineer m/f/d, For our client from the Biotech sector, we are looking for an experienced, motivated and open-minded PAM Engineer
Your Tasks: - Define and maintain the PAM architecture aligned with enterprise security strategy and Zero Trust principles.
- Develop and maintain PAM roadmaps, standards, and design patterns.
- Ensure PAM solutions integrate effectively with IAM, SIEM, directory services, and cloud platforms.
- Own PAM Tiering models and enforce Tier 0 protections.
- Lead PAM deployment
- Provide technical leadership for PAM upgrades, migrations, and platform consolidation.
- Develop PAM policies, procedures, and control frameworks.
- Ensure alignment with security standards (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls, GMP / GxP where applicable).
- Support audits, internal controls testing, and regulatory inspections.
- Own risk assessments related to privileged access and remediation planning.
- Establish PAM operational models and procedures (runbooks and SOPs).
- Define service KPIs and performance metrics.
- Manage incident response activities involving privileged access compromise.
- Drive onboarding automation and self-service capabilities.
- Act as technical advisor to IT Security leadership and programme sponsors.
- Collaborate with application owners and infrastructure teams to onboard systems securely.
- Provide training, coaching, and knowledge transfer to operational teams.
- Support vendor management and product evaluations.
Your Profile: - Deep expertise with at least one enterprise PAM platform (e.g. Delinea, CyberArk, BeyondTrust, One Identity, HashiCorp Vault).
- Strong Active Directory / Entra ID integration knowledge.
- Experience with Windows, Linux, Unix privileged account management.
- Understanding of networking, certificates, and identity security controls.
- SIEM integration and PAM alerting experience.
- Proven experience as a PAM engineer, architect, or SME in a large enterprise environment.
- Experience designing Tier 0 / Tier 1 controls and identity security frameworks.
- Experience working with regulated environments (e.g. finance, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing).
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical designs and influence stakeholders.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to translate technical controls into business risk language.
- Structured problem-solving approach.
- Capable of operating independently and leading workstreams.
- Certifications such as: CISSP / CISM / CCSP
- Vendor certifications (CyberArk Defender, Delinea Specialist, etc.)
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