Senior Security Software Engineer (Remote)

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 execu