Senior Application Security Specialist - Remote - AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

AbbVie Information Security is looking for a highly motivated, diligent, and skillful analyst to join the Attack Surface Management (ASM) team. AbbVie’s Application Security team protects AbbVie’s patients, data, and brand by identifying vulnerabilities and threats to our organization and working to drive remediation of identified security risks. Application Security is a capability of ASM within the larger Cyber Security Operations (CSO) function. Join us as Senior Security Specialist, Application Security to support and improve our efforts to identify and reduce AbbVie’s attack surface and help our business continue to have remarkable impacts on people’s lives.

The Senior Security Specialist is a key member of the Application Security team and works with internal and external groups to identify and drive remediation of information security risks across all AbbVie application environments.

The ideal candidate must have prior experience conducting manual web and mobile application security penetration tests within an enterprise environment and working with application stakeholders to discuss vulnerabilities and remediation options.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

• Maintaining awareness of the latest critical information security vulnerabilities, threats, and exploits
• Providing guidance on existing and emerging threats in the web and mobile application space, as they apply within the AbbVie environment
• Performing application security reviews throughout the application development lifecycle, including tasks such as:
  • Performing security assessments for AbbVie web and mobile applications across the enterprise
  • Dynamic (DAST) application security testing and/or penetration testing of applications and source code
  • Auditing results of security assessments with development and/or security teams and offering plans for remediation of vulnerabilities
  • Retesting remediation to confirm the efficacy of fixes 
• Reviewing deliverables from third-party service providers and other Application Security Analysts to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Communicating technical application security concepts to customers, including developers, architects, and managers
• Participating in the management of AbbVie’s bug bounty program, working to validate and triage reported vulnerabilities, and working with application owners to ensure valid findings are remediated
• Training customer staff on application security and remediation of application security code defects
• Identifying and developing secure software development best practices
• Identifying enhancements to tools, standards, and processes; providing input into policies and procedures, and contributing to the implementation and refinement of the strategy for the Application Risk program on a global basis
• Candidates in this role are able to work remote within the United States
• Significant Work Activities -Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Tools and skills you will use in this role:

• Web and mobile application penetration testing tools
• Security information and event management (SIEM) tools (Chronicle, Splunk, ELK, etc.)
• Attack surface management solutions (Falcon, Tenable, Shodan, Censys, etc.)

Experiences that make you a strong candidate for this role:

Required:

• Minimum of 8 year's Information Security experience or equivalent experience in Information Risk Management.
• Advanced knowledge of web application vulnerabilities and web application business logic flaws and threats
• Advanced understanding of application architectures and technologies, including web applications, mobile technology, data encryption, and identity and access management
• Advanced, hands-on experience with manual vulnerability testing and static code analysis
• Advanced experience with tools including, but not limited to, Kali Linux platform and built-in tools, Burp Suite, and OWASP ZAP. Burp or Zap expertise must focus on manual testing rather than automated scanning.
• Advanced understanding of security controls such as Authentication, Authorization, Access Control, Cryptography, and Network Protocols along with security standards: OWASP Top 10, SANS 25, NIST, and CVE
• Written and verbal communication skills are critical
• Communicating concepts to diverse audiences with varying skill sets is vital

Beneficial:

• Certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, or ECSA


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If you believe you’re a great fit for this job but don’t have all of the experiences listed above, we encourage you to apply anyway!

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.