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# Cybersecurity Engineer

- **Company:** Abbott Laboratories
- **Location:** North Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $61,300.0 - $122,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software System Penetration Testing, JIRA, Cyber Security, Issue Tracking Systems, Intrusion Detection Systems, Mobile Application Software, Software Engineering, Software Vulnerability Management, Software Security, Firewalls (Computer Science), Information Technology, Cybercrime, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3369495272&tx=IT8376TYT&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline.
 * Minimum 2 year of relevant cybersecurity experience.
 * Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
 * Experience using JIRA for project and issue tracking.
 * Technical knowledge of common web and mobile application security vulnerabilities, with the ability to identify, triage, assess cybersecurity risk, and support remediation efforts-particularly in ADC products.
 * Experience with vulnerability scan findings, penetration test findings, or product security assessment results.

Preferred

 * Security+ certification or equivalent technical cybersecurity certification.

## Description

As a Vulnerability Operations Engineer, contribute to cybersecurity operations by designing, developing, and recommending secure technical solutions-including policies, standards, applications, systems, architectures, and infrastructure-that are both operationally viable and efficient. Ensure the appropriate implementation of security products and technologies to protect organizational systems and data, supporting the achievement of business objectives. Assist in the design and enhancement of cybersecurity toolsets to enable automated discovery, triage, risk assessment, remediation tracking, and alerting of product, application, network, and device vulnerabilities, thereby strengthening the organization's security posture. Conduct analysis of emerging technologies and product security vulnerability trends to support their implementation.

What You'll Work On

 * Contribute to the design and implementation of a risk-based cybersecurity program aligned with regulatory standards and industry-leading practices.
 * Perform threat identification, analysis, and mitigation using advanced security controls and toolsets.
 * Support the evolution of the company's cyber threat and vulnerability management program to ensure consistent detection, response, and monitoring of cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities.
 * Assess business-related threats and deploy appropriate countermeasures.
 * Collaborate with business units, application development teams, product teams, and third-party vendors to meet cybersecurity program requirements while enabling business operations.
 * Apply deep technical expertise to protect the organization from cyber threats, including knowledge of firewalls, IDS/IPS, DLP, endpoint protection, log aggregation, product security vulnerability management, and other advanced security technologies.
 * Participate in cross-functional coordination to achieve security goals and support detailed implementation plans for cybersecurity initiatives.
 * Provide subject matter expertise on security projects to ensure timely, cost-effective, and operationally supported implementation of cybersecurity improvements, with validation methods to measure effectiveness.
 * Assist management in developing strategies, policies, and standards to safeguard company information and technology assets.
 * Identify, triage, assess risk, and support remediation of vulnerabilities identified through security scans, penetration testing, and product security assessments in web and mobile applications, particularly within ADC products.


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