IT Security Architect (m/f/d) - Business Applications

Become part of a vital chain and contribute to our common goal of making people’s lives better. Octapharma is a leading biotech pharmaceutical company that combines the strength of a global organisation with the values of a family business. We specialize in the development and manufacture of high-quality pharmaceuticals derived from human blood plasma and human cell lines.

The position will be filled in either Lachen (Switzerland) or Vienna (Austria).

Join us in shaping our vision of providing new health solutions advancing human life.

Your main tasks and responsibilities

• Continuously assess and manage the security and risk posture across our enterprise application portfolio
• Guide IT business partner teams in designing and delivering secure business application solutions
• Define and standardize authorization concepts in support of our IAM initiatives, ensuring consistency across platforms such as SAP, Veeva, and Kinaxis
• Lead the development of integration security standards for APIs, data exchanges, and authentication mechanisms
• Classify business applications and align security controls based on criticality, organizational value streams, and process sensitivity
• Collaborate closely with security, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, and application teams to implement comprehensive cloud and SaaS security models

Your expertise and ideal skill set

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in IT Security for enterprise application like SAP, including 2+ years in security architecture
• Knowledge of enterprise/security architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, SABSA) and business capability modeling
• Hands-on with IAM systems and the development of authorization models and role concepts
• Solid understanding of cloud security architectures (AWS, Azure, private/hybrid cloud)
• Strong collaboration, communication and documentation skills in English (German is a plus)
• Proactive, structured and responsible approach to work

Your department - where you make an impact

• We, the Business Applications department, are the trusted partner that drives the digital transformation of Octapharma. Together with Business, we create and deliver digital solutions to transform the organisation and improve performance.
• We are passionate, flexible and collaborate to create value with fit for purpose solutions for Octapharma.

Thrive with us

• Company restaurant & meal subsidy
• Training & further education
• Health promotion
• Parking spaces and good public transport connections
• Company and team events
  
  

Enjoy these attractive benefits! You can find all offers here: Benefits

The minimum gross salary according to the austrian collective agreement (chemical industry) is EUR 4,270.14 based on 38 hours per week (full-time). As we strive to offer a salary that reflects your individual profile and qualifications, there is a willingness to pay above the minimum salary.

It´s in our blood

We live diversity and stand for equal opportunities as an employer! We therefore look forward to receiving your application - regardless of age, gender, origin, sexual orientation, and religion.

Do you have any questions? Then get in touch with your contact person.

Mrs. Johanna Proksch