Software Cybersecurity Engineer

Abbott

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$100,000–$200,000 / yr
Posted
20 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $163k
This role $150k
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This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $135,000–$191,950 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $150k versus about $163k for comparable roles.

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About Abbott

Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that manufactures and markets a broad and diversified line of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Industry: Healthcare & Medical Devices

Abbott currently has 90 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $99,300–$198,700 across 89 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Cybersecurity Engineer

The Software Cybersecurity Engineer joins the Infectious Diseases team to protect cloud systems, software products, and medical devices from cyber threats. This role involves designing and validating cybersecurity controls for Azure Cloud environments, performing penetration testing, and conducting vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with healthcare regulations. The engineer will collaborate with development teams to identify security weaknesses, provide remediation strategies, and produce essential artifacts like SBOMs and threat models. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Python, JavaScript, and React, alongside experience with web application security, DAST, SAST, and SCA tools. Additionally, the role emphasizes leveraging AI-powered tools and agentic automation to accelerate security reviews and documentation. The position addresses critical security risks within diagnostic systems used globally in hospitals and clinics, ensuring that patient data and medical devices remain secure from unauthorized access or destruction.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and validate cybersecurity controls for cloud-based applications, software products, and connected medical devices.
  • Perform penetration testing and vulnerability assessments to identify flaws in web applications and cloud infrastructure.
  • Develop security artifacts such as SBOMs, threat models, and remediation evidence for product releases.
  • Utilize AI-powered tools and agentic automation to accelerate security reviews, risk analysis, and documentation tasks.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to provide technical guidance on secure coding practices and vulnerability mitigation.
  • Ensure all products comply with healthcare regulations and internal quality management systems like ISO and FDA standards.
  • Create reports that translate complex technical vulnerabilities into actionable business risks for leadership and stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Associate's degree and 7 years of relevant experience.
  • Minimum 5 years (7+ preferred) in cybersecurity, product security, IT security, or related fields.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher education (preferred).
  • Experience conducting web, mobile, and cloud infrastructure security testing using DAST, SAST, SCA, SBOM tools, and vulnerability scanning (preferred).
  • Holds or working toward relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP, or CEH (preferred).
  • Prior experience in product development, medical devices, or diagnostic equipment (preferred).
  • Advanced experience building and modifying agentic AI applications to automate cybersecurity deliverables (preferred).
  • Understanding of ISO 27001 and NIST frameworks with experience in audit processes (preferred).

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