Armis Security Specialist – Laboratory & OTIoT Environments

Position: Armis Security Specialist Laboratory & OT/IoT Environments

Location: New Jersey or Pennsylvania

Duration: 6-12 Months Contract

Job Summary

The Armis Security Specialist is responsible for maximizing the value of our Armis deployment and strengthening security across our laboratories and related operational technology (OT) and IoT devices. This role focuses on ongoing optimization of Armis-based monitoring analysis detection and response capabilities and on implementing practical policies and procedures that reduce security risk without disrupting scientific workflows.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Armis understands network and endpoint fundamentals lab instrumentation and scientific workflows and is comfortable working closely with R&D lab staff IT and security teams in a pharma environment.

Key Responsibilities

Armis Platform Operations

• Serve as day-to-day Armis specialist for R&D labs supporting configuration tuning and ongoing operations.
• Maintain and refine Armis policies alerts device classifications and risk scores for lab-specific use cases.
• Integrate Armis with existing tools for data enrichment.
• Support testing and rollout of new Armis features and use cases in the R&D context.
• Continuously refine device classification risk scoring and detection logic to reduce false positives and increase actionable insights.

Lab Asset Visibility & Risk Identification

• Use Armis to maintain an up-to-date inventory of R&D lab devices
• Identify vulnerable unsupported or misconfigured devices and network segments and document findings.
• Support development of remediation and risk-reduction plans with lab IT instrument owners and central cybersecurity.

Policies Procedures & Controls

• Develop document and maintain policies standards and procedures for:
• Vulnerability and patch management approaches appropriate for lab equipment
• Incident detection triage and response using Armis
• Ensure that procedures align with internal security standards and relevant frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001 NIST and GxP where applicable).

Monitoring Analysis & Incident Support

• Configure and manage Armis alerts and rules for anomalous behavior policy violations and suspected compromises.
• Triage and investigate Armis alerts correlating with other security tools and network logs.
• Provide technical input to security incident response activities involving lab or OT devices (containment strategies impact analysis and recovery recommendations).
• Produce reporting on lab asset inventory risk posture vulnerabilities and incident trends and present findings to stakeholders.

Collaboration & Training

• Work closely with R&D scientists lab operations and instrument owners to understand workflows and constraints ensuring controls are practical and minimally disruptive.
• Support awareness and training sessions for lab users and IT support teams on secure use of lab/OT/IoT devices and Armis-related processes.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Security Engineering or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience operating Armis or a similar OT/IoT/medical device security platform
• 2 4 years of experience in cybersecurity network/security operations or OT/IoT security.
• Solid understanding of network fundamentals (TCP/IP VLANs routing switching firewalls NAC concepts) and asset discovery risk scoring and anomaly detection concepts
• Experience creating or implementing security procedures runbooks or SOPs.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with both technical teams and non-technical R&D stakeholders.

Preferred

• Experience in pharmaceutical or biotech R&D environments (discovery preclinical translational or research support labs).
• Familiarity with GxP and computerized system validation principles and how they influence security controls for lab systems.
• Exposure SIEM vulnerability management NAC or CMDB tools.
• Relevant certifications (e.g. Security GSEC GICSP CISSP or Armis training).

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