Principal Cyber Security Engineer

Boston Scientific • Arden Hills, MN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Boston Scientific is seeking a Product Cybersecurity Engineer to operationalize and support various post-market cybersecurity activities within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Research and Development (R&D) organization. Responsibilities include understanding and documenting the security posture of the company’s products, applications and supporting infrastructure as well as compliance to the Quality systems and processes. The cybersecurity engineer will assist in implementing the individual CRM product cybersecurity plan.
The ideal candidate must have a combination of strong communication and technical skills in order to implement and support the functional and technical aspects of the cybersecurity plan and work collaboratively with a team of internal staff and consultants to execute its components.
As part of the CRM R&D organization, the engineer will work alongside a team of analysts, IT/R&D engineers and architects, supporting pre and post market product security activities, such as application security, vulnerability assessments, threat modeling, penetration testing, security analysis tools, hospital cybersecurity inquiries and contract reviews, among other areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• 10+ years in Research & Development and/or Information Technology experience, preferably in cybersecurity roles in medical device development or health care organizations.
• Drive for learning cybersecurity and a passion for securing products.
• Experience with vulnerability analysis of Windows and Linux operating systems as well as software.
• Experience across various OS platforms such as Windows, MacOS, Linux, and Mobile (iOS, Android).
• General understanding of cybersecurity techniques, controls, and methodologies from frameworks such as NIST Special Publications and ISO standards.

Nice To Haves

• Cybersecurity certifications (e.g. Network+, Security+, CSSLP, HCISPP, CEH, CISSP) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage applicable tools for pre and post market security testing; support integration of the tools into the quality processes.
• Support post-market activities to identify known/unknown vulnerabilities associated with Boston Scientific’s products, including new/sustaining products, providing inputs/technical expertise to multiple teams to eliminate/mitigate identified cybersecurity risks.
• Monitor for change in security controls of products and update the product inventory and tracking database as needed and communicate to stakeholders.
• Support negotiations of hospital cybersecurity agreements by reviewing technical clauses with Legal and Research & Development subject matter experts.
• Support, as needed, security risk assessment and threat modelling services for CRM products businesses and product development life cycle.
• Support, as needed, application security reviews and vulnerability/penetration testing of Boston Scientific’s medical devices and software.

Benefits

• Variable compensation governed by the Sales Incentive Compensation Plan (which includes certain annual non-discretionary incentives based on predetermined objectives)
• Value of core and optional benefits offered at BSC, which can be reviewed at www.bscbenefitsconnect.com.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal