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AbbVie

Operational Technology (OT) Senior Security Engineer (Remote)

AbbVie, Chicago, Illinois, United States,


Job Description

Come to work each day with an inclusive and collaborative business technology team. As an Operational Technology (OT) Security Engineer

in AbbVie Business Technology Solutions (BTS), you’ll have opportunities to contribute to the digital transformation of a leading biopharma company, helping to create solutions that impact patients and their communities for the better.

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

AbbVie’s Information Security team is looking for a candidate to join our newly forming Operational Technology (OT) Security Team.

The Sr. OT Cybersecurity Engineer role will be responsible for the safeguarding of AbbVie’s Manufacturing and Research Technologies as well as ensuring the security of critical infrastructure systems that support AbbVie's business operations. This includes assessing and mitigating risks associated with OT systems, developing and implementing security controls, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in OT security, network design and architecture, and experience working in a highly regulated environment. They should also possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, as they will be working closely with various stakeholders across the organization to ensure the security and reliability of our OT systems.

If you are a highly motivated, self-driven individual that is never satisfied with the status quo then here are the details.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Support Operational Technology (OT) Security aspects of AbbVie’s Manufacturing and Research Technology initiatives by assisting in architecture, engineering, design, implementation, deployment, and operational transition of innovative & secure technology solutions.

Lead OT cybersecurity, and secure by design assessments including detailed design reviews,

network topology reviews, and mapping of data flows to ports, protocols, and services.

Contribute to the creation of OT/ICS cybersecurity guardrails to ensure all OT architectures, solutions and technologies across the AbbVie enterprise are built using a secure-by-design methodology

Utilize industry standards and frameworks (e.g., NIST-800-53/82, ISA/IEC-62443), to identify capabilities and technologies to provide enhanced cyber defenses in diverse scenarios

Support cybersecurity risk assessments for AbbVie’s Risk Management team to determine criticality rankings and risk gaps

Provide recommendations and plans to mitigate identified issues from OT/ICS cybersecurity and risk assessments, and ICS Vulnerability assessments

Lead or participate in industry standard committees or work groups for OT/ICS environments

Influence and educate stakeholders at an enterprise level on OT Cyber initiatives.

Provide subject matter leadership during cyber incidents, response, and remediation.

Specifically, we’re looking for:

Demonstrated understanding of OT/ICS critical infrastructure in Pharmaceutical or similar industries including and understanding of threats, vulnerabilities, attack paths and exploits in an OT/ICS environment.

Proficiency in OT/ICS network design and building network architecture drawings.

Demonstrated ability to influence others, work effectively, and communicate effectively at all levels with operations, design, projects, vendors, peers, etc.

Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis and the ability to determine root cause and resolution of problem.

Communicates in a clear, concise, understandable manner both orally and in writing.

Familiarity with Cloud and OT/ICS integration is preferred, but not required.