Senior Application Security Engineer

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Long-Term Incentives

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to strengthen our information security program. You will implement and manage AST/ASPM tooling, integrate security findings into CI/CD, and partner with development teams to reduce risk across cloud and containerized environments.

The role requires deep technical leadership, strong communication with stakeholders, and a track record of delivering secure software at scale within a large organization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in application security and software development.
• Experience implementing, administering, and supporting application security tooling.
• Strong knowledge of secure coding across languages (Java, Node.js).
• Experience integrating security testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to communicate complex findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain AST tools to identify vulnerabilities in the SDLC.
• Implement and maintain ASPM tools to centralize findings.
• First-line support for users, resolve false positives, guide remediation.
• Integrate tooling with CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop detailed reports on findings and remediation.
• Demonstrate proficiency across security, development, containerization, and cloud.
• Communicate security risks to teams and leadership.
• Triage vulnerabilities and manage risks across environments.

Skills

Java

Node.js

Secure coding practices

DevSecOps

Communication

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field

Master's Degree in a related field

Tools

SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA tooling

Snyk

Endor Labs

Terraform / CloudFormation

CI/CD tooling integration

Job 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 at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

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 at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Become a key player in our Information Security team as a Senior Application Security Engineer, where you will leverage your expertise in application security, security engineering, and software development to support and enhance our inline code testing and reporting processes. This role involves the implementation and administration of application security tooling, integration into CI/CD pipelines, and providing support for development teams using these products and consuming their findings.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and maintaining Application Security Testing (AST) tools (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, etc.) to identify code and dependency vulnerabilities during the software development lifecycle.
• Implementing and maintaining Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) tools to centralize and deduplicate findings from multiple solutions and integrate into software development processes.
• Acting as the first line of support for users by helping resolve false positives, providing guidance on finding remediation, and evaluating security exception requests.
• Integrating security tooling with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipelines.
• Developing detailed reports on security findings and remediation efforts.
• Demonstrate high proficiency across a wide range of technologies and platforms related to application security, software design and development, containerization, and cloud environments.
• Communicate security risks and evangelize secure development practices to development teams and their management.
• Lean/understand vulnerabilities, triage security risks at scale in disparate application development environments and business units.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree with 7 years’ experience; Master's Degree with 6 years’ experience; PhD with 2 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred
• Respective years of demonstrated experience in application security and software development
• Respective years of demonstrated experience implementing, administering, and supporting application security tooling such as SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA
• Extensive knowledge of secure coding practices across multiple programming languages (esp. Java, Node.js)
• Extensive experience integrating security testing into CICD pipelines
• Strong knowledge of application security principles along with common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10, CWE, etc.) and associated mitigations
• Experience implementing and scaling DevSecOps practices and tooling within large organizations
• Experience implementing DevSecOps workflows in cloud environments such as AWS and Azure
• Experience developing Infrastructure As Code (IAC) via solutions such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Experience supporting developers with assessing and mitigating application security test findings
• Ability to effectively communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to function as a principal engineer, generating original technical ideas and strategies. Demonstrated creative 'out of the box' thinking to solve difficult technical problems and champion new technologies to achieve program goals.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills, as demonstrated by presenting at leading scientific or technical conferences.
• Experience coaching and supporting the development of junior engineers

Preferred

• Experience implementing tooling to consolidate application security test findings from multiple sources to facilitate developer engagement and integrate with development workflows and tracking systems
• Experience administering Snyk and Endor Labs
• Experience integrating Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tooling with application security pipelines
• Experience automating workflows via programming and scripting languages such as Python
• Experience building logging into DevSecOps pipelines to gain insights into pipeline performance
• Experience collaborating with vulnerability and risk management partners to interface with risk management and acceptance processes
• 5+ years of experience in application security and software development
• 3+ years of experience implementing, administering, and supporting application security tooling such as SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA

Additional Information

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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