Abbott

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Abbott • $86K — $173K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Reposted 1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering Mathematics, or related field.
  • Minimum 6 years of related experience or master's degree with 4+ years of related experience.
  • Experience with AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, Security Groups, IAM, ECS, CodeDeploy, CloudFront, S3) and Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation).
  • Familiarity with container orchestration services, preferentially Kubernetes.
  • Strong networking and Linux administration background, with open-source technology experience.
  • Exposure to the medical devices, biomedical, or high technology industry is beneficial.
  • Experience working in an agile development environment.

Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering expertise to design, test, and deploy cloud infrastructure as code.
  • Evaluate new technology and implement initiatives, providing required training.
  • Use problem-solving skills to identify and address potential business issues proactively.
  • Advance continuous integration, development, and deployment pipelines.
  • Collaborate throughout the software development life cycle for Cloud solutions.
  • Work with InfoSec to secure infrastructure against cyber threats according to CIS benchmarks.
  • Analyze infrastructure costs and optimize operations.

Benefits

  • Career development opportunities within an international company.
  • Eligible for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan.
  • Robust retirement savings plan with high employer contributions.
  • Tuition reimbursement and student debt assistance programs.
  • Recognized as a great place to work across multiple countries and demographics.
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 OPPORTUNITY

This Senior Cybersecurity Engineer position can work out remotely within the U.S.

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for identifying security risks, vulnerabilities, and threats, and leading mitigation and remediation efforts to ensure Abbott delivers secure, compliant products that meet industry cybersecurity regulations and customer and patient security expectations.

What You'll Work On
  • Drive end-to-end cybersecurity program execution across product lines, aligning security initiatives with business objectives, product roadmaps, and regulatory requirements.
  • Establish, maintain, and optimize a scalable vulnerability management program, including governance, prioritization frameworks, KPIs, and executive reporting.
  • Lead cross-functional program governance with engineering, product management, quality, and compliance teams to ensure alignment on security priorities, timelines, and risk acceptance decisions.
  • Serve as the primary liaison between cybersecurity, product teams, and executive stakeholders, providing regular updates on program status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans.
  • Develop and deliver cybersecurity artifacts for product software releases, including SBOMs, vulnerability remediation evidence, and release security documentation. Lead technical reviews with development teams to discuss vulnerabilities, security controls, remediation progress, and residual risk.
  • Prioritize vulnerability remediation and patching efforts based on business impact, proof of exploit, and policy requirements, partnering with engineering, PMs, and product owners to drive timely risk reduction.
  • Design and recommend systematic remediation strategies and preventive controls to reduce recurring vulnerabilities, including secure coding practices, dependency management, and configuration hardening across product and supporting applications.
  • Triage and analyze findings from application, network-based, and agent-based security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, infrastructure scanners) to determine true security impact, validate exploitability, and distinguish false positives.
  • Validate security fixes through hands-on testing, including web application testing using tools such as Burp Suite and Postman, and verification of remediation for iOS and Android mobile application vulnerabilities.
  • Clearly communicate complex technical security concepts to executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, translating vulnerability findings, security controls, and security metrics into business-relevant risk insights and decision support.
  • Lead remediation efforts following security assessments that identify weaknesses. Support the advancement of the cyber threat and vulnerability management program to ensure consistent identification, analysis, response, and monitoring of cybersecurity threats, events, and vulnerabilities.
  • Leverage JIRA for security project and vulnerability management, building dashboards, reports, and automation workflows to track remediation progress, improve visibility of security metrics, and streamline coordination across cross-functional teams.
  • Participate in cross-functional team coordination to achieve defined security goals and meet technical requirements in support of detailed implementation plans for security projects. Provide technical guidance and training on security risks and prevention strategies.


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences or engineering, Security Systems, or related fields.
  • Minimum 3 years of IT management system, cybersecurity, or other relevant experience with a strong preference for product security (i.e. - consumer facing applications and services).
  • Minimum 5 years of Business experience.
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience conducting web, mobile, and cloud infrastructure security testing using DAST, SAST, SCA, SBOM generation tooling, and network- and agent-based vulnerability scanning tools.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple projects with strong organization skills. Demonstrated critical thinking, analytical skills, judgment, and logic for problem-solving and decision-making in an environment with changing priorities.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment, adapting to rapidly changing business and technological needs.
  • Excellent documentation, communication and interpersonal skills.


Preferred:
  • Holds or working toward one or more relevant certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), or equivalent.
  • Previous work experience in a product development cybersecurity role - Familiarity with design of diagnostic equipment, medical devices, or other closely related products.


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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.

The base pay for this position is
$86,700.00 - $173,300.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Product Development

DIVISION:
ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION:
United States of America : Remote

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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Learn more about Abbott
Size
113,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$4.4 billion
Founded
1944
5 Year Trend
+15.6%
Revenue
$34.6 billion
NASDAQ
ABT
* Ladders Estimates

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