AbbVie · 10 hours ago
Cloud Security Engineer (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions for serious health issues. The Cloud Security Engineer will play a crucial role in shaping the organization's security strategy and practices, focusing on cloud computing technology while collaborating with security architects and cloud engineers.
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Responsibilities
Serve as a cloud security technical expert to develop and execute cloud security policies and procedures
Collaborate with cloud technology teams across the enterprise to ensure the integrity and security of our digital assets in AWS/Azure IaaS environments
Demonstrate high proficiency across a wide range of cloud security technologies to establish guardrails to prevent or automatically remediate common security misconfigurations
Provide technical leadership, mentor, and consult with less experienced cloud engineers to implement necessary security controls and threat protection
Act as a Cloud security subject matter expert by continually reviewing environments for opportunities to reduce risk when possible
Build automation to monitor cloud resources for compliance with existing standards and alert for configuration drift
Consult with cloud engineers to successfully implement design requirements from cloud security architects
Provide governance and consulting to ensure established controls remain effective
Contribute to advancement of own function by studying start-of-the-art tools, techniques, and computing equipment; participate in educational opportunities and professional organizations
Highly autonomous and productive in performing activities, requiring only minimal direction from or interaction with supervisor
Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to balance differing stakeholder interests through sound analysis and persuasion
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 cycle
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree with 6 years' experience; Master's degree with 5 years' experience; PhD with 0 years' experience in information security and/or related functions (IT Audit, Risk Management, or Security Architecture)
Strong knowledge of scripting languages, including Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell
Experience developing AWS Service and Resource Control Policies (SCP and RCP) to effectively manage permissions across the enterprise
Expertise in AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, VPC, and IAM
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible
Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and Docker/Kubernetes for containerization
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to identify security risks and propose effective solutions
Preferred
Professional cybersecurity and relevant industry certifications (CISSP, AWS Solution Architect, AWS Security, CSA CCSK, SANS GCLD, etc.) are highly desirable
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Short-term incentive programs
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
Vice President, Global Strategy and Pipeline, Allergan Aesthetics
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