Information Security Architect – Secrets Management

Title: Information Security Architect – Secrets Management (Remote)

Location: Mettawa United States

Mettawa, IL

Function: Corporate

Area of Interest: Information Technology

Job Type: Full-time

Job ID: R00114889

Job Description:

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

Job Description

As a key member of the Information Security Risk Management Architecture team, the Information Security Architect – Secrets Management, is responsible for shaping and implementing the organization’s security strategy, architecture, and practices around secrets management. This role is crucial in assessing how secrets are utilized across the enterprise and developing strategies to detect, manage, and protect them using best practices, secrets management advanced technologies, and specialized services.

The Information Security Architect will collaborate with senior leaders across the organization, acting as a trusted advisor to ensure the security of AbbVie’s information assets. This position requires a deep understanding of secrets management and the ability to influence and guide the organization towards robust security practices.

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

Responsibilities:

• Deep understanding of cloud computing principles, including virtualization, containerization, microservices, and serverless computing; Risk Management, container security, Kubernetes security, IAM security, network security, auditing, encryption, secrets management and data protection, securing CI/CD
• Advances knowledge of Identity Security concepts, least-privilege, separation of duties, and Zero trust design principals
• Understanding of federation technologies (WS-Fed, OAuth, OpenID connect, SAML …) and of encryption technologies (encryption types and protocols/standards)
• Build the foundational aspects of an Enterprise grade offering for secrets management
• Drive innovation and evolve the architecture of widely adopted product offerings
• Experience in deploying and managing enterprise-level secrets management solutions, such as HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk, or similar technologies.
• Effectively function as the subject matter expert in secrets management with a large corporate enterprise, developing new proposals and implementing those efforts. Anticipate and critically evaluate technological advances or competitive threats and respond with appropriate strategies.
• Demonstrate creative thinking to solve difficult challenges and champion new technologies.
• Independently responsible for multiple projects within secrets management, demonstrate mastery across a wide range of engineering within data and software applications.
• Develops relationships with affiliates, subsidiaries, vendors and industry peers in accordance with AbbVie Values to further the mission, vision and goals of the organization.
• May mentor or supervise a team of one or more while guiding and evaluating performance of those individual’s; accountable for the performance of the team.
• Understand and adhere to corporate standards, regarding applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance data security and the software development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree and 8 years experience OR Masters Degree and 7 years experience OR PhD and 3 years of experience in application program development.
• Experience in systems development life cycle, client area’s functions and systems.
• Must have experience with Secrets Management in a corporate environment, large enterprise strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Secrets Management tools such as HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk.
• Proven experience working in or developing a process specifically for Secrets Management.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• 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 short-term incentive programs.
• 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.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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Salary: $117500 – $223500