Job Description

Senior Specialist Cybersecurity

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This is a role based in Bogotá, Colombia. We are seeking a skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our Enterprise Cybersecurity Tools team. This role is critical to supporting the cybersecurity operations team including incident response, attack surface management, and red teaming by ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our cybersecurity toolsets. You will also contribute to the development of custom solutions where commercial tools fall short, with a strong focus on Python-based automation and integration.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Develop and maintain Python and Cortex XSOAR based automation scripts and microservices to support security operations.

• Integrate commercial and open-source cybersecurity tools into enterprise environments.

• Collaborate with incident response, red team, and attack surface management teams to understand tooling needs and deliver solutions.

• Monitor and optimize the performance and availability of cybersecurity tools.

• Ensure secure coding practices and contribute to threat modeling and secure architecture reviews.

• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response support as needed.

• Provide secondary/backup support for Enterprise Cybersecurity Toolset.

Required Qualifications

• Education
  Associates Degree

• Experience / Background
  Minimum 4 years

• 3+ years of experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar role.

• Strong proficiency in Python for scripting and application development.

• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Solid understanding of Linux and Microsoft systems and networking fundamentals.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and experience working with security tools (e.g., SIEM, EDR, vulnerability scanners).

• Familiarity with security automation frameworks (e.g., SOAR platforms).

• Experience with log aggregation and monitoring tools (e.g., ELK stack, Splunk, Prometheus).

Apply now

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com

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:

Colombia > Bogota : Building II

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Yes

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable