Cybersecurity Specialist – Emerging Technologies

The Cybersecurity Specialist Emerging Technologies plays a key role in protecting the data that supports companys mission to save and improve lives. This role focuses on using automation and emerging technologies to improve cybersecurity outcomes while enabling the business to innovate securely. The specialist partners closely with innovation IT product and cybersecurity teams to evaluate new technologies develop secure integrations and automated workflows and provide clear security guidance during pilots and early deployments. They translate evolving business needs into actionable security requirements help define standards and guardrails for new technology adoption and balance innovation with enterprise risk to support safe scalable growth.

MUST HAVE

• Strong problem solving skills and the ability to work independently.
• Clear communication skills to explain technical solutions to non technical stakeholders.
• Understanding of secure coding practices & enterprise cybersecurity.
• Experience building automation solutions that reduce manual effort.
• Development skills with scripting experience (PowerShell Python).
• Experience integrating systems using APIs web services or REST based interfaces.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Use automation to improve cybersecurity operations.
• Identify where automation or AI driven solutions can improve security outcomes.
• Understand and leverage emerging technologies to improve companys cybersecurity posture.
• Communicate risks and recommendations clearly to both technical and non technical stakeholders.
• Research industry trends proofs of concept and vendor capabilities.
• Influence standards and policies to account for new or rapidly evolving technologies.
• Assist in evaluating emerging technologies and platforms.
• Provide security guidance during pilots prototypes and early production deployments.
• Help define security patterns and guardrails for new technology adoption.
• Create and integrate API based automations that connect security tools and enterprise platforms
• Partner with innovation IT product and cybersecurity teams to embed security early in new emerging technologies.
• Support broader cybersecurity initiatives when emerging technologies intersect with enterprise risk.
• Document lessons learned to inform future technology rollouts.
• Translate evolving business ideas into actionable security requirements.
• Balance innovation and security to enable the business
• Participate in cross functional forums shaping the organizations technology roadmap.

Mentor peers on secure innovation and emerging threat considerations.