Abbott

Senior Cybersecurity Specialist

Abbott$99K — $198K *
US-AnywhereRemote in California, US
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 5 years of cybersecurity or mobile and embedded software cybersecurity experience
  • Experience in audit and certification processes
  • Strong analytical skills for translating laws into security requirements
  • Excellent communication skills for engaging with all management levels
  • One or more cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP)
  • Understanding of ISO 27001 and NIST cybersecurity frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance
  • Support readiness for international framework certifications
  • Assist with internal and external audit activities
  • Develop and enforce information security policies and procedures
  • Conduct threat and risk analyses on systems and technologies
  • Implement security controls and monitor for violations
  • Contribute to incident response and documentation

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility within the U.S.
  • Diverse opportunities for career advancement
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Focus on living a full life for you and your family
  • Supportive work environment promoting high-quality deliverables
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 Specialistposition can work out remotely within the U.S.

Senior Cybersecurity Specialist assists Compliance and Information Security in providing internal control assessment, auditing and monitoring, risk management and mitigation. This role will work to identify risk and ensure compliance with industry standards, relevant laws and regulations, and industry best practices. This position also assists in maintaining and developing appropriate policies, procedures, and documentation to maintain compliance with local, state, and federal laws. Reviews and evaluates compliance issues and concerns within the organization. The candidate is also expected to have a strong work ethic, leverage analytical and critical thinking to work independently on complex tasks, have the ability to follow instructions, have strong listening and communication skills, and be flexible to support a dynamic work environment.

What You'll Work On
  • Work with a variety of cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with standards, laws, regulations, and policies
  • Work towards readiness, certification and recertification of international frameworks (e.g. France HDS, Germany C5, Spain ENS, China CPCS, France MES, UK CE+)
  • Support external and internal audit activities such as gap assessments, remediation, planning and coordination, evidence collection and validation, walkthroughs, and reporting
  • Ensure compliance of business continuity management policies and procedures in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements
  • Develop and maintain information security standards, guidelines, and procedures
  • Align with industry guidelines to implement secure design policies and procedures
  • Determine security violations and inefficiencies by conducting periodic reviews
  • Implement and maintain security controls
  • Conduct threat and risk analysis and analyze the business impact of new and existing systems and technologies to eliminate risk, performance, and capacity issues
  • Assist with incident response as events are escalated, including triage, remediation, and documentation
  • Implement security improvements by assessing current situation; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements
  • Maintain quality service by following organization standards
  • Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
  • Attend regular project and implementation meetings and serve as the security consultant to help guide secure practices
  • Keep up to date with the current and proposed security changes impacting regulatory, privacy and security industry best practice guidance
  • Maintain technical knowledge by attending educational workshops


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • Minimum 5 years cybersecurity or Mobile and embedded software cybersecurity experience with a strong preference for compliance experience
  • Experience in Audit and certification process
  • Demonstrated knowledge of General IT Controls, including Information Security, Information System Operations, Vendor Management, Business Continuity, Networks, Database, System Software, Hardware, and Application Development controls
  • Strong analytical skills to analyze laws, regulations and translating the security requirements into appropriate security programs, projects, controls, and training
  • Ability to effectively communicate business risk as it relates to cybersecurity
  • Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills for interaction with all levels of management and staff including the ability to communicate regulatory requirements, security objectives, policies, and standards in business terms
  • Strong team player with the ability to communicate effectively within cross-functional groups and perform peer reviews of work products and documents
  • Excellent organizational skills and critical attention to detail and deadlines with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Hold one or more cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP, etc.)
  • Self-motivated, well-organized and able to position controls in anticipation of threats.
  • Track record of acting with integrity, produce high quality deliverables, ability to take action upon receiving feedback, seeking to innovate, learn fast and be adaptable
  • Understanding of ISO 27001 and NIST cybersecurity frameworks
  • Advanced experience applying AI into everyday tasks including utilizing AI Skills and Automations, AI agents, MCP servers


PREFERRED:
  • Medical device product security experience
  • Business Continuity & Quality Management
  • Experience with data privacy regulations to include US HIPAA and EU GDPR
  • Risk Management and risk assessment experience
  • Development process and security process knowledge
  • Up-to-date understanding of a wide range of incident response, system configuration, vulnerability management and hardening guidelines
  • Understanding of vulnerability management and penetration-testing
  • Understanding of software development lifecycle (SLDC) and secure design principles
  • Understanding of TCP/IP, common networking ports and protocols, traffic flow, system administration, OSI model and common security elements
  • Understanding of OWASP, CVSS, the MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Familiarity with AWS cloud configurations
  • Understanding of containerization, specifically Kubernetes


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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.

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The base pay for this position is
$99,300.00 - $198,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Information Risk & Quality Assurance

DIVISION:
ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION:
United States > California : 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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