Principal Threat Detection Engineer

Illinois

Salary Details: $117500.00 - 223500.00 a year

AbbVie
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Company Description
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 immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok .

Job Description
The Principal Threat Detection Engineer role is an advanced technical role focused on extending AbbVies threat detection and monitoring services to include web applications.This role will serve as a technical subject matter expert on the cyber threat landscape, attacker tactics and techniques and serve as the lead on threat detection content development lifecycle. This role will also coach junior team members, engage in advanced data analysis, work closely with the Incident Response teams (customer) and application owners. This role will fulfill an expert leadership role within engineering and provide a clear career path to more management-level opportunities.

This position can be located virtually anywhere in the U.S.

Responsibilities:
  • Providing technical leadership and coordinating defensive toolset engineering, including content creation, tuning, expansion of defensive platforms, and implementation of new controls.
  • Maintaining a solid command of modern defensive cybersecurity controls functionality and limitations, including the latest defensive technologies and techniques.
  • Contributing to program development and expansion initiatives by providing input into strategic direction based on subject matter expertise and an advanced understanding of evolving threats.
  • Serving as a subject matter expert across multiple security domains and providing recommendations for both tactical and strategic program enhancements.
  • 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.
  • Applying a broad range of security knowledge and experience to complex issues and projects.
  • Assisting with validating team member skills and contributing to career progression through coaching, training opportunities, and challenging team members to improve
Qualifications
  • Bachelors Degree with 8 years of experience OR Masters Degree with 7 years of experience OR PhD with 3 years of experience
  • Strong knowledge of web applications, diverse operating systems, networking protocols, systems administration, and security technologies.
  • Strong knowledge and application of cyber security terminology and concepts, and expert understanding of the cyber threat landscape and attack vectors
  • Thorough understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and its practical applications.
  • Familiarity with performing data analysis using a modern SIEM.
  • Willingness to be available, as needed, for critical and major security issues.
  • Demonstrated subject matter expertise across multiple cybersecurity capabilities.
  • Viewed as a technical leader with the ability to influence policy and strategic decisions within their areas of expertise.
  • Ability to author technical documentation and perform quality assurance reviews of documents created by peers.
  • Regularly collaborate with peers as well as business and IT stakeholders in support of daily activities.
  • Ability to execute autonomously, contributes to decisions based on specialized knowledge.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills; investigates, defines, and resolves critical issues.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills through an ability to coordinate the execution of operations and response activities across technical and business resources.
  • 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.
  • Strong organization skills with attention to detail.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with a high level of professionalism.
  • Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:
  • 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, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in 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 to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.
  • This job is eligible to participate in 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 employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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Date Posted: 06 April 2025
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