Abbott is a global healthcare leader dedicated to improving people’s health through innovative technologies. The Vulnerability Operations Engineer will contribute to cybersecurity operations by designing and recommending secure technical solutions, ensuring the implementation of security products and technologies, and enhancing cybersecurity toolsets to protect organizational systems and data.
Contribute to the design and implementation of a risk-based cybersecurity program aligned with regulatory standards and industry-leading practices.
Perform threat identification, analysis, and mitigation using advanced security controls and toolsets.
Support the evolution of the company’s cyber threat and vulnerability management program to ensure consistent detection, response, and monitoring of cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities.
Assess business-related threats and deploy appropriate countermeasures.
Collaborate with business units, application development teams, and third-party vendors to meet cybersecurity program requirements while enabling business operations.
Apply deep technical expertise to protect the organization from cyber threats, including knowledge of firewalls, IDS/IPS, DLP, endpoint protection, log aggregation, and other advanced security technologies.
Participate in cross-functional coordination to achieve security goals and support detailed implementation plans for cybersecurity initiatives.
Provide subject matter expertise on security projects to ensure timely, cost-effective, and operationally supported implementation of cybersecurity improvements, with validation methods to measure effectiveness.
Assist management in developing strategies, policies, and standards to safeguard company information and technology assets.
Identify, triage, and support remediation of vulnerabilities in web and mobile applications, particularly within ADC products.
Qualification
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline such as Threat and Risk Management.
Minimum of 2 years of experience with implementing and evaluating industry standards, including ISO 27001/27002, SOC 2, HITRUST, FedRAMP, and ISO 22301 (Business Continuity).
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Experience using JIRA for project and issue tracking.
Technical knowledge of common web and mobile application security vulnerabilities, with the ability to identify, triage, and support remediation efforts—particularly in ADC products.
Preferred
Security+ certification or equivalent technical cybersecurity certification.
Benefits
Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan
An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
Tuition reimbursement
The Freedom 2 Save student debt program
FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
Abbott is a healthcare company that is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
Glassdoor
3.8
Founded in 1888
Illinois City, Illinois, USA
10001+ employees
https://www.abbott.com
Abbott is a healthcare company that is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
