AbbVie · 1 day ago
Senior Threat Detection Engineer (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$106K/yr - $202K/yr
6+ years expAbbVie is a company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions for serious health issues. The Senior Threat Detection Engineer will be responsible for executing the Business Application Security Monitoring service, extending threat detection services to business web applications, and collaborating with various teams to enhance security monitoring.
BiotechnologyFinancial ServicesHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Onboarding new business application for security monitoring by following the application on-boarding process
Ensuring application logs meet the minimum logging requirements to enable standard monitoring use-cases
Collaborating with application SMEs to gain deeper understanding of application design and implementation, including identification of specific areas of security concern
Performing data exploration and advanced data analysis to implement application-specific custom monitoring use-cases
Executing the detection content lifecycle, including developing, analyzing, documenting, and maintaining detection content by following the TDM processes
Fostering a collaborative relationship with business application SMEs during and following the application security monitoring enrollment
Supporting and encouraging application teams to adopt enterprise SIEM to perform operational monitoring of their critical apps
Lending technical expertise and helping coordinate defensive toolset engineering, including content creation, tuning, expansion of defensive platforms, and implementation of new controls
Maintaining a solid command of various web application architectures and hosting platforms, including SaaS, IaaS, on-prem, dynamic and no-code/low-code workloads
Collaborating with specialists and analysts to actively contribute to risk reduction efforts, including but not limited to assessments and in-depth research and analysis of threats
Providing recommendations and influencing decisions made by leadership for improving program maturity
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Degree and 7 years experience OR Masters Degree and 6 years experience OR PhD and 2 years experience of specialized information security experience
Expertise in performing data analysis using a modern SIEM, including ability to interpret log data to infer application activity, user actions, and anomalies
Ability to successfully interact with non-technical in-business contacts
Strong business acumen and an ability to assess, understand, and articulate technical impact and risk to a diverse audience
Deep knowledge of cloud hosting solutions and its use in web application development
Strong knowledge of web application architectures, various hosting platforms, major operating systems, typical web application network protocols, systems administration, and web application security technologies
In depth knowledge of key web application related concepts such as SAML, SSO, OAuth, MFA, SSL/TLS, etc
Strong knowledge and application of cyber security terminology and concepts, and general understanding of the cyber threat landscape and attack vectors
Thorough understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and its practical applications
Willingness to be available, as needed, for critical and major security issues
Ability to author technical documentation and perform quality assurance reviews of documents created by peers
Demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills; investigates, defines, and resolves critical issues
Regularly collaborate with peers as well as business and IT stakeholders in support of daily activities
Strong organization skills with attention to details
Strong written and verbal communication skills with a high level of professionalism
Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team. Ability to execute with limited guidance and contribute to decisions based on specialized knowledge
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Short-term incentive programs
Long-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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