Cybersecurity Architect - Mergers & Acquisitions

AbbVie; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Security Architect with a mergers and acquisitions focus to join the Information Security & Risk Management (ISRM) Security Architecture team. You will act as a liaison across security, IT, and business teams, shaping security designs for acquisitions and research ventures.

This role can be virtual/remote anywhere in the U.S. and involves developing playbooks, advising on security, and ensuring timely delivery of security services during transactions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years in security or related field.
• Experience designing security architectures for mergers/acquisitions.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and security controls.
• Familiarity with standards like NIST 800, ISO 27001.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate security services during acquisitions or divestitures.
• Develop secure design patterns for collaborations with partners.
• Create security playbooks for business alliances and acquisitions.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

Mergers & acquisitions security

Active Directory security

NIST/ISO knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Microsoft 365

Slack

Job description

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Job Description

AbbVie is looking for a Security Architect with experience in mergers and acquisitions to join our Information Security& Risk Management (ISRM) Security Architecture team.AbbVie’s Information Security group engages with our business development teams through several stages of a company relationship, whetherit isa research-sharing relationship or an acquisition. We provide advisory services to reduce both risk and technical friction in these transactions.

As a Security Architect, you will act as a single-point-of-contact between security and other technical and business teams, operating across both operational and strategic levels, developing and coordinating design and advisory responsibilities with different areas of the information security group on individual acquisitions and research ventures. You will interact with internal research and business intelligence teams, technical teams, and other members of the information security group to develop and deliver security products and services. You will play a key role in further shaping the services this program is delivering, while ensuring in-flight acquisitions have the right security services provided at the right times.

This role willresidewithin thesecurity architecture team,with a “dotted line” relationship with ourcybersecurity threat intelligence team.

This position can be virtual/remote anywhere in U.S.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with infrastructure and technology teams, security teams, and acquisition target teams to coordinate core security and tech services during acquisition or divestiture.

• Partnering with infrastructure, tech and security teams to develop, document, and deploy secure design patterns for collaborations with strategic alliance partners.

• Partner with internal security and technical teams to develop new security playbooks and services focused on business alliances and strategic acquisitions.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree and 7 years of experience OR Master's Degree and 6 years of experience OR PhD and 2 years of experience
• Practical experience in a relevant discipline of security architecture (Cloud Security, AppSec, Network Security, Identity, Operational Technology) andcan speak to practical solutions they have designed and successfully implemented.
• Direct experience with designing and/or providing solutions related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and/or multi-company collaborations.
• Working knowledge of popular cloud platforms and associated security solutions (AWS, GCP, Azure) and collaboration platforms (M365, Slack)
• Working knowledge of Active Directory and related security constructs (domains, forests, trusts, etc.)
• A solid understanding of industry security standards, such as NIST 800, ISO 27001, etc.

Preferred:

• 5 years of experience in an information security role, preferably as a Security Architect or Security Engineer

• Experience with a variety of security tooling and capabilities, preferably with some hands-on/operational exposure (self-hosted and cloud)

• GCFE, GCFA, GDSA, GCTI, GCIA, GCDA, GEIR certifications are strongly preferred.

• Related technical/industry certifications (e.g.,SANS, AWS, etc.)

Additional Information

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note:

No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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