Senior Security Software Engineer (Remote)

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Are you a Software Engineer looking to grow your influence and/or break into information security?  The Information Security Strategy and Analytics team is seeking an experienced technologist with a software engineering background to help improve security at AbbVie by leading efforts to measure secure software development practices and validate security control effectiveness. The ideal candidate will have a strong technology and software engineering background combined with a foundational understanding of secure software development practices and a love of driving change through data.

This position can be remote anywhere in the U.S.

In this role you’ll be responsible for:

• Building, maintaining, and enhancing tooling 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 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.

Tools and skills you will use in this role:

• Python and other scripting or programming languages such as JavaScript, Go, PowerShell, Bash, etc.
• Website and API development using traditional and/or cloud-native technologies.
• AWS services for data processing and solution hosting.
• Git for version control and code management.

• Bachelor’s Degree and 6 years' of experience OR Master's Degree and 5 years' of experience OR PhD and 0 years’ experience in software engineering, application security and information security disciplines.
• 4+ years of experience in a software engineering role or an information security role with a heavy focus on software development (beyond basic scripting/automation).
• Proficient in Python programming with an emphasis on automation, integration, and data analysis.
• Experience building APIs and/or websites using modern web development technologies.
• Strong understanding of software development best practices with a focus on security and mature development methodologies such as test-driven development and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with developing and deploying cloud-based solutions (AWS preferred).
• Experience communicating with various levels of management including executive audiences.

Strongly Preferred:

• Experience building and maintaining distributed cross-platform agent-based solutions.
• Experience creating metrics and reporting for senior leadership.
• Experience working within or directly supporting security engineering and operations teams.
• Familiarity with enterprise security controls and best practices such as those documented in the CIS Critical Security Controls.

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. ​

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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