Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Abbott Laboratories

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

As a global leader in diabetes care, we’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.
 

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diverse, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
   

This Senior Cybersecurity Engineer position works out of Alameda, CA, or remotely in the US.

This group works with amazing devices. We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

The person hired in this role will ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.  They will also participate in technical and non-technical projects requiring information security oversight and to ensure policies, procedures and standards are met. 

What You’ll Work On

• Conduct threat modeling to identify security risks

• Define security requirements for product solutions

• Design and maintain secure, resilient enterprise-grade cloud processes in tandem with architects and system engineers.

• Responsible for defining improvements to the program and implementing new technologies, tools, metrics, and standards.

• Secure business applications and computing environments across public, private, or hybrid cloud infrastructures.

• Attend regular technical project and implementation meetings, and serve as the security consultant to help guide secure application and infrastructure configurations.

• Actively monitor, assess and recommend tactical and strategic initiatives based on new and emerging threats posing risk to cloud computing environments.

• Document, formulate and enforce areas of security improvement that balance risk with business operations and do not diminish efficiencies or innovation.

• Stay apprised of current and proposed security changes impacting regulatory, privacy and security industry best practice guidance. Apply learned knowledge across key lines of business, including products, practices and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

• Minimum 5 years of work experience in software and/or security areas.

• Progressively more responsible work experience in a range of software engineering disciplines using a variety of programming methods. 

• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model is preferred.

• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment. 

• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.  

• Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Software Engineering experience in coding with multiple languages, experience in hackathons, and a passion for being proactive in the IT security industry.

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 – $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.