Company Description
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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job Description
The Information Security Strategy and Analytics team is looking for an experienced technologist with expertise in software engineering and application security to help improve security at AbbVie. In this role, you will leverage data and reporting to effect change, initially focusing on secure software development practices and security control effectiveness. You will also lead efforts to operationalize and mature custom tooling designed to validate whether controls are performing as expected across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will possess a robust and broad technical foundation that promotes excellence in secure software development, enables effective control monitoring, and facilitates engagement with peers and leaders across IT and information security.
This position can be remote anywhere in the U.S.
In this role you’ll be responsible for:
- Building and operationalizing tools to monitor security controls, automate processes, and collect relevant data for analysis and reporting.
- Collaborating with data engineers and analysts to design and build impactful metrics and reporting with an initial focus on technical security control coverage and application security.
- Creating solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and secure.
- Developing and maintaining clear and usable documentation.
- Working collaboratively with other teams across information security and information technology to drive increased maturity.
Tools and skills you will use in this role:
- Python and other scripting or programming languages such as JavaScript, Go, PowerShell, Bash, etc.
- Linux, Windows, and macOS operating systems for tool administration and execution.
- API and website development using traditional and/or cloud-native technologies.
- Cloud-native services for hosting and data processing.
- Git for version control and code management.
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree and 7 years experience OR Masters Degree and 6 years of experience OR PhD and 2 years experience combined experience in software engineering and information security.
- Strong practical understanding of modern software development and application security best practices.
- In-depth understanding of the enterprise IT ecosystem, including the integration of security within infrastructure and network architectures.
- Proficient in Python programming with an emphasis on automation, integration, and data analysis.
- Experience building secure APIs and websites using modern web development technologies.
- Experience communicating with various levels of leadership including executive audiences.
Beneficial:
- Experience creating clear and effective reporting for senior leadership.
- Familiarity with developing and deploying cloud-based solutions (AWS preferred).
Additional Information
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.
This job is eligible to participate in our long-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 an equal opportunity employer and 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.
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