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.

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. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of .
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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 bachelor’s 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 position is in person located in Lake Forest, Illinois or Willis Tower locations in the Rapid and Molecular Diagnostics Division (RMDx). Rapid and Molecular Diagnostics is transforming care by providing timely, accurate information to better manage health outcomes via the design and manufacture of advanced instrument systems for hospitals, reference labs, and blood banks. As security leaders within RMDx, we pride ourselves in our delivery of sophisticated information solutions that uncover insights to improve productivity and patient outcomes.

As the Senior Cybersecurity Analyst you will play a pivotal role in supporting our enterprise and product cybersecurity operations. Your responsibilities will include providing the business with security guidance on the design and development of current applications and infrastructure and ensuring that the technical solutions you recommend are secure and comply with Abbott’s policies, standards, and industry best practices.

What You’ll Work On

• Guide business units, application development teams, and third-party vendors to achieve program requirements to enable the business.
• Support leadership in the development of strategies, policies, and standards to protect company information and technology assets.
• Attend regular project and implementation meetings and serve as the security consultant to help determine and guide secure practices.
• Keep up to date with the current and proposed security changes impacting regulatory, privacy, and security industry best practice guidance.
• Contribute to the development of a risk-based cyber security program that meets regulatory requirements and aligns with industry-leading information and cyber security practices.
• Work with a variety of cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies.
• Contribute to the design of cybersecurity toolsets to enable more automated discovery, remediation, and alerting of network and device vulnerabilities, as a means of improving the security posture.
• Perform analysis of emerging technologies and design and build architectures and solutions to enable secure implementation of new technologies.

Required Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of General Computer Controls, including Information Security, Information System Operations, Vendor Management, Business Continuity, Networks, Database, System Software, Hardware, and Application Development controls.
• 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.
• Possess expertise in valuing and implementing industry standards such as the NIST cybersecurity framework, ISO 27001/2, SOC2, HITRUST and FedRAMP information Security standard.
• Possess CISM Certification (or similar) and be knowledgeable of national and international regulatory compliances and frameworks such as NIST, ISO, SOX, GDPR, HIPPA, and FDA
• Understanding of OWASP, CVSS, the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Self-motivated and well-organized.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.
• Medical device product security experience.
• Familiarity with threat modeling methodologies and their application.
• Knowledge or familiarity with common scripting languages.
• Audit and Risk Management experience.
• Displays an analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Works calmly under pressure and with tight deadlines.
• Demonstrates effective decision-making skills.

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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.

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The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 – $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.