Application & Platform Security Architect

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology, and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Application & Platform Security Architect is a member of the Information Security team and works closely with other members of the team to develop and implement a comprehensive information security program. This includes defining security policies, processes, and standards. We are seeking a highly skilled architect to collaborate with application development teams, ensuring secure design, coding, configuration, and deployment of technology solutions. The architect will not only focus on common security mechanisms like encryption and authentication but will also dive into application-level risks, session management, securing configuration files, and risk identification in system configurations. This role requires a deep understanding of secure application development practices, including the security of API interactions and cloud application environments. 

Responsibilities: 

• Define reusable security architecture patterns and guardrails to enable consistent, secure implementation across high-risk business applications. 
• Drive secure-by-design initiatives by integrating security considerations early in the software architecture lifecycle and influencing enterprise architecture direction. 
• Represent security architecture in design authority boards and technical review councils, advocating for risk-based security controls. 
• Work with in-business IT customers, including application architects and engineers to evaluate application software and infrastructure designs, for the purpose of defining/designing application controls aligned with enterprise standards. 
• Define application-specific security control architectures and produce design artifacts to guide secure implementation of business-critical systems. 
• Develop re-usable implementation guidance and design patterns based on previous engagements to scale the service. 
• Work with information security leadership to develop strategies and plans to enforce security requirements and address identified risks in the infrastructure and applications. 
• Act as a security architecture liaison to IT delivery and engineering teams, embedding security principles into technical delivery and architecture review forums. 
• Support security aspects of business & IT initiatives by assisting in architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and operational transition of innovative & secure technology solutions. 
• Work with information security leadership to develop strategies and plans to enforce security requirements and address identified risks in the infrastructure. 
• Research, evaluate, design, test, recommend and plan the implementation of new or updated information security technologies. 
• Establish collaborative working relations with the Information Technology functions to ensure that solutions align with security architecture and business strategy. 
• Play an advisory role in application development or acquisition projects to assess security requirements and controls and to ensure that security controls are implemented as planned. Complete remediation activities and initiate actions to ensure that compliance and security gaps are successfully addressed. 
• Research and assess new information security threats and recommend remedial actions. 
• Foster an information security culture through education, skill development, and implementation of effective information security processes and practices. 
• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies, including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance, data security, and the software development lifecycle. 
• Matures and leverages relationships with affiliates, subsidiaries, vendors, and industry peers in accordance with AbbVie Values, Vendor Management Office, and Purchasing