Job Description

Our location in Malaysia currently has an opportunity for a Manufacturing Cybersecurity Senior Analyst. The position has responsibility for running Abbott’s Manufacturing Cybersecurity Program and Manufacturing / Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity globally. This role serves as a liaison between Abbott’s manufacturing organizations and corporate cybersecurity teams, providing program‑level visibility and guidance across the manufacturing security landscape. The role emphasizes clear communication, stakeholder engagement, and influence, translating cybersecurity capabilities, risks, and requirements into practical actions that align with manufacturing operations, safety, and uptime priorities. In addition to handling operations and improvement of the Armis platform and associated monitoring tools, the role partners with site personnel, firewall teams, and infrastructure groups to drive consistent deployment, asset visibility, and threat detection across manufacturing sites. The Senior Analyst acts as a trusted advisor on manufacturing cybersecurity, proactively identifying gaps, improving security posture, and ensuring cybersecurity initiatives are effectively integrated into day‑to‑day manufacturing environments.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Maintain, tune, and support the Armis cybersecurity platform, including Platform Health, Asset Management, Vulnerability Management, and Threat Detection capabilities.
• Maintain and troubleshoot integrations between the Armis platform and other cybersecurity, network, and monitoring tools across the organization.
• Perform network‑related troubleshooting to support the availability, performance, and stability of the platform’s infrastructure.
• Monitor and respond to the team’s ticket queue, resolving routine operational issues and escalating complex problems as needed.
• Operate systems that detect new devices connecting to manufacturing networks, working with site personnel to authorize, classify, and inventory devices.
• Prepare and maintain asset inventory worksheets for manufacturing sites to assist with accurate identification and documentation of assets.
• Tune detection rules and alerts to improve identification of malicious activity while reducing false positives.
• Develop basic visualizations and reports to track platform health, asset coverage, and operational status.
• Create educational materials to help operators and technicians understand how to use Armis as well as the purpose of OT cybersecurity.
• Speak to the breadth of an entire security program landscape at a senior level to Abbott business and manufacturing personnel.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field; or equivalent certifications.
• 5 years of cybersecurity experience.
• Prior experience working with IT or OT tools with asset/network discovery features (e.g. PRTG, SolarWinds, Nagios, Lansweeper, Dragos, Nozomi, ClarOTy, Forescout, Armis, etc)
• Hands-on experience building, tuning, operating, & maintaining cybersecurity tools & capabilities
• Possess expertise in cybersecurity domains of Asset Inventory, Asset Discovery, or Asset Management
• Familiarity with using scripting languages (Python) to interface with cybersecurity tools and automate processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable working with and communicating cybersecurity concepts to manufacturing sites.

Preferred

• Experience with visualizing cybersecurity metrics and improvements (PowerBI)
• An understanding of IT protocols and network architecture to be able to troubleshoot and make informed designs pertaining to operations of the Armis cybersecurity platform.
• Experience working with the integration of cybersecurity and IT tools, including interfacing with RESTful APIs and equivalent structures.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills to partner effectively at all levels and across multiple groups.

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Information Risk & Quality Assurance

DIVISION:

BTS Business Technology Services

LOCATION:

Malaysia > Selangor : Imazium, No. 8, Jalan SS 21/37

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable