Senior Cybersecurity Specialist

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Abbott Park, Illinois
  • Full Time

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.

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve peoples health. Were always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and 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. Youll also have access to:

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

  • Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year

  • 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 bachelors 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This Cybersecurity Specialist position can work remotely within the U.S .

The Cybersecurity engineer works with the product cybersecurity program to help deploy and operate a secure cloud application infrastructure that aligns with business needs. In tandem with cybersecurity leadership, security engineers consistently assess the threat landscape and adapt quickly to protect the business from risk. They are also expected to have a strong work ethic, leverage analytical and critical thinking, and be skillful at meeting change requests at a moments notice. Because the role often interfaces with other business units, strong listening and communication skills are expected.

What Youll Work On

  • Develop and maintain secure, resilient enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure for multiple software products and support systems in tandem with architects and system engineers.

  • Manages the creation and assurance of cybersecurity solutions by ensuring the products follow best security practices at all stages.

  • Ensures technology risks impacting the business are effectively identified, quantified, communicated, and managed, including recommendations for resolution and identifying root causes/key themes. (coppied)

  • Provides cybersecurity assessments for networks, systems, and applications as needed.

  • Work with development teams throughout the SDLC to implement monitoring and security solutions within embedded product software and supporting applications

  • Perform or support security testing such as penetration tests, fuzz testing and internal/external audits. Coordinate remediation efforts as needed.

  • Optimize system security design build out by creating and reviewing architecture and detailed design solutions that reflect best practices.

  • Support breach and incident response activities for product and supporting applications

  • Implement technical security solutions to support both host based and containerized architectures

  • Assist with defining expectations for and conducting rigorous oversight of security systems configurations

  • Support physical device security by determining and implementing secure product practices.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field

  • 0-5 years of cybersecurity or IT management system experience with a strong preference for product security experience (consumer-facing apps and services)

  • Hold one or more cybersecurity certifications, including CySA+, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, or additional AWS advanced certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, VMware Certified Professional, or have completed necessary cyber coursework.

  • Self-motivated, well-organized, and able to position controls in anticipation of threats.

PREFERRED:

  • Understanding of OWASP, CVSS, the MITRE ATT&CK framework and the software development lifecycle (SLDC).

  • Experience in threat modeling.

  • Ability to effectively communicate business risk as it relates to cybersecurity.

  • Up-to-date understanding of a wide range of incident response, system configuration, vulnerability management and hardening guidelines.

  • Experience in incident response and system monitoring and analysis.

  • Track record of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating effectively.

  • Vulnerability and penetration-testing skills.

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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. 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 $75,300.00 $150,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job ID: 476466037
Originally Posted on: 5/10/2025

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