IT Security Analyst
South San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Overview

The IT Security Analyst is responsible for ensuring Atara digital assets are protected from unauthorized access. This includes online and on-premise applications, systems and infrastructure. The IT Security Analyst will consult with vendors, technical support representatives, management, and Information Services personnel to discover and remediate known security flaws and vulnerabilities. In the course of performing work, the IT Security Analyst will perform systems administration duties as necessary to assist and augment systems administration staff as necessary.

Responsibilities

We launched Atara Biotherapeutics in August 2012 to help patients with serious diseases and few therapeutic options. We're named after Atara Ciechanover who suffered from cancer before passing away. We are considered a leading off-the-shelf T-cell immunotherapy company (Nasdaq ATRA) developing novel treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune and viral diseases.

Position Summary

The IT Security Analyst is responsible for ensuring Atara digital assets are protected from unauthorized access. This includes online and on-premise applications, systems and infrastructure. The IT Security Analyst will consult with vendors, technical support representatives, management, and Information Services personnel to discover and remediate known security flaws and vulnerabilities. In the course of performing work, the IT Security Analyst will perform systems administration duties as necessary to assist and augment systems administration staff as necessary.

Reports to: Director, Information Technology

Location: Thousand Oaks, CA or South San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

* Monitor logical and physical security access
* Conduct security assessments through vulnerability testing and risk analysis both self-directed and through direction of third party security and systems vendors
* Provide input/author security policies and standards
* Perform both internal and external security audits
* Analyze security breaches to identify root causes as required
* Provide continuous updates to Atara incident response and disaster response plans
* Verify security of third-party vendors and work to ensure Atara security policy and standards are met
* Provide end user client support as needed to respond to and resolve security related incidents.
* Perform ethical hacking as needed to identify areas of insufficient security configuration including penetration testing using industry standard tools
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* Other responsibilities, as assigned

Travel: Travel required (up to 15%).

Physical Requirements:

Subject to extended periods of sitting and/or standing, bending, kneeling, vision to monitor and moderate noise levels. Must be able to lift or move up to 50 pounds. Work is generally performed in an office, laboratory, or manufacturing environment. Car and airplane (see above) travel is an essential part of the job.

Qualifications

Position Requirements:

* 3-5 years of experience in systems security and administration.
* Bachelor's degree in business or technical discipline preferred.
* Prior experience architecting or administering Amazon Web Services(AWS), Azure, Office 365 & Active Directory security infrastructures.
* Excellent analytical and troubling shooting skills.
* Must have the ability to effectively diagnose and troubleshoot a broad range of technical problems.
* Must be able to manage time and work effectively and efficiently.
* Proven ability to work independently as well as understand when to triage questions and problems to the IT management team.
* Possess the knowledge of industry standard products, systems, applications and current operating systems. Previous experience in a life science company, a plus.
* Familiarity of security frameworks (NIST, CSF, CIS, ISO, etc)
* Experience in several IT disciplines required. Must have hands-on experience using security monitoring tools, running vulnerability scans and reviewing vulnerability assessments.

Personal Qualifications:

* Excellent verbal and communication skills, including effectively listening skills to interpret and understand end user needs.
* Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, including the ability to manage controversial and/or adversarial situations calmly and professionally.
* Posses a professional demeanor, is dependable and reliable and can adapt to changing priorities and needs.
* Role model for Atara's Values of patients first, innovation teamwork, community and mindset.

More About Atara Bio:

Now in our sixth year, we're proud of our team of 300+ Atarians co-located by design in South San Francisco (corporate headquarters) and Southern California (R&D and manufacturing headquarters in the northwest Los Angeles area) with a newly-established European headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. Atara also has a R&D site in the Denver, Colorado area and an office in New York City. Our Southern California hub is anchored by a new 90,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art Atara T-Cell Operations and Manufacturing (ATOM) facility in Thousand Oaks, California.

One mission - "Transform the lives of patients with serious medical conditions through pioneering science, teamwork and expertise" - and a singular vision - "Cell therapy treatment for every patient, any time - provide inspiration and direction for all of us."

The Company's off-the-shelf, allogeneic T-cells are bioengineered from donors with healthy immune function and allow for rapid delivery from inventory to patients without a requirement for pretreatment. Atara's T-cell immunotherapies are designed to precisely recognize and eliminate cancerous or diseased cells without affecting normal, healthy cells.

Atara's most advanced T-cell immunotherapy in development, tabelecleucel, or tab-cel™ (formerly known as ATA129), is being developed for the treatment of patients with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (EBV+ PTLD) who have failed rituximab, as well as other EBV-associated hematologic and solid tumors, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Tab-cel™ is in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of EBV+ PTLD following an allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (MATCH study) or solid organ transplant (ALLELE study).

Atara is also developing off-the-shelf, allogeneic ATA188 and autologous ATA190 T-cell immunotherapies using a complementary targeted antigen recognition technology for specific EBV antigens believed to be important for the potential treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). A Phase 1 clinical study of autologous ATA190 in patients with progressive MS is ongoing. Atara is also advancing a Phase 1 clinical study of ATA188 in patients with progressive or relapsing-remitting MS across clinical sites in the United States and Australia. Atara's clinical pipeline also includes ATA520 targeting Wilms Tumor 1 (WT1) and ATA230 directed against cytomegalovirus (CMV).

Working at Atara Bio:

People at Atara Bio are high integrity, roll-up-your-sleeves, get-it-done types who are keenly committed to putting patients first, advancing medical care and doing so with demonstrated urgency. At their core Atarians are people who work well with others and are "team-centric", have purposeful curiosity and can't wait to save patient lives. And similar to other biotech companies who have so many accomplished people, we expect humility (we are a "low hubris" sort of place), flexibility, respect, teamwork, good judgment and getting the most out of any dollar we spend. We also expect to enjoy the journey (and each other) as we move forward with a shared responsibility to teach and to learn from what we do and from our teammates.

Atara Bio is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and other lawful factors. In accordance with applicable law, the Company prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity, expression or dysphoria, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, caregiver status, sexual orientation, transgender status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local laws or because of the individual's association with a member of a protected group or connection to an organization or group related to a protected group.

We comply with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must have authorization to work for Atara Bio in the United States.

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