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BISO – Enterprise Technology Services (ETS)
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp · 🇺🇸 US - Gaithersburg - MD
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 99 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Senior Platform Engineer - CRM Applications” (Information Technology Project Managers) in DE: $149k–$176k, median $163k. Most were filed at wage level III (50%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Last confirmed live 2 days agoWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp
The US Department of Labor certified 99 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
The BISO will serve as the primary strategic cybersecurity partner to the IT Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) organization and its associated technology domains, representing the CISO by leading cybersecurity engagement, alignment, and delivery of cybersecurity risk and resilience outcomes across AstraZeneca’s foundational technology estate. ETS is the enterprise technology backbone of AstraZeneca – delivering sustainable and globally scaled enterprise technology services that enable the company’s scientific, manufacturing, and commercial activities. As AstraZeneca’s global technology operations organization, ETS focuses on the reliable delivery and operation of enterprise technology services, while cybersecurity and IT risk accountability is owned within the CISO Cybersecurity organization that this role represents. This customer-facing role is closely coupled with the ETS leadership team and operates as a dotted-line function to the ETS VP-level leadership, supporting the cloud and infrastructure, network and connectivity, digital workplace, identity and access, service operations, and technology governance capabilities on which the enterprise depends. Accountabilities Strategic partnership and governance: Act as the primary strategic partner and security consultant to ETS leadership, driving alignment between enterprise technology priorities, operational service commitments, and the enterprise cybersecurity strategy. Chair or participate in relevant governance forums, ensuring risk-based decision-making, clear accountability, and visibility of cybersecurity outcomes across cloud, infrastructure, network, workplace, and service management portfolios. Cloud and infrastructure security: Provide cybersecurity leadership across ETS cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure, including hosting, cloud subscriptions, compute, storage, and operating systems supporting both ETS platforms and applications owned by other business technology groups. Drive cloud security posture management, infrastructure-as-code hardening, secure configuration baselines, workload protection, privileged access management for infrastructure, and consistent controls across AWS and on-premises platforms and Windows and Linux server estates. Network security and connectivity: Partner with network engineering teams to ensure robust network security architecture across AstraZeneca’s global networks, including segmentation and micro-segmentation, firewall governance, internet and proxy connectivity, DNS security, intrusion detection and prevention, traffic inspection, secure remote access, and secure integration with third-party networks, sites, data centres, and cloud service providers. Advance network reliability and resilience objectives alongside security outcomes. Digital workplace and Site IT security: Guide the security of end-user devices, workplace engineering, and endpoint management, together with productivity and collaboration services such as Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Viva, and the Power Platform. Champion protection against phishing, business email compromise, malware delivery, data exfiltration, unauthorized sharing, and account compromise, and balance controls with employee technology experience so security enables rather than hinders workforce productivity across the global device estate and local technology support functions. Service operations security: Ensure cybersecurity principles are embedded within ETS service operations, including monitoring, incident and problem management, patching, release coordination, change management, service continuity, and operational automation. Integrate security into ITSM processes and the CMDB, drive timely patching and vulnerability remediation, and ensure change and