Sr IT Manager, Cybersecurity (Northridge, CA)

The Medtronic Diabetes organization is looking for a Senior Manager to join our Software Cybersecurity Organization. Be a technical leader within a team responsible for solutions for Medtronic’s medical devices. Lead the work to security monitoring and secure operation of connected medical device systems.

At Medtronic Diabetes, our IoT solutions, Application and Cloud systems connect a planet’s worth of medical device health data to deliver patient and hospital solutions that make a real difference in how people live their lives every day. Our software systems are truly “the core” that powers our business’ clinical studies, data analytics and customer-facing therapy solutions.

We are advancing our digital solutions and data management systems to be highly cloud centric with connected web and mobile applications. This key cybersecurity role is for a hands-on engineer who is detail oriented, entrepreneurial and driven to get her/his products and services delivered with high quality and security You will contribute heavily to our goal of delivering this increasingly complex and interconnected system of components that requires industry-leading security thinking. 

You will have an opportunity to contribute to advancing security, while working with other Security Engineers, Architects, Program Managers, and Developers throughout the R&D organization to instill the core security mindset and culture. This job also provides a opportunity to collaborate with the broader Medtronic security leadership team, external and internal cybersecurity researchers, Global IT Organization, and stay on top of current developments for the benefit of Medtronic products and services.

 ** This position is onsite in Northridge, CA (hybrid - 3 days per week)

A Day in the Life

• Lead and perform product and network cybersecurity-related activities ranging from security monitoring to incident response to vulnerability assessments and mitigation implementation.
• Work directly with architecture and development teams, and IT to ensure all relevant operational security risks are identified and evaluated. Develop and recommend specific security controls for product/system wide security needs.
• Develop and perform product-level intrusion detection activities.
• Contribute to Medtronic’s understanding of current industry best practices and how they can be applied to the Diabetes Products.
• Tools, Prototypes & development: contribute to the development of tools, processes, and policies to prevent, detect, and resolve classes of issues across the entire development lifecycle, including supply chain and manufacturing.
• Lead and guide cybersecurity compliance activities, such as: ISO 27001, FEDRAMP, and other international compliance certifications.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Build and maintain the security monitoring roadmap and advocate for resources required to achieve aligned organizational objectives.
• Maintain alignment and supporting evidence of security operations practices to organizational certification and assurance objectives.
• Lead and continue to mature the Cyber Defense framework, policies and procedures.
• Analyze penetration/assessment test results and engage with Information Technology and business units to resolve and track identified findings and recommendations.
• Work with outside consultants as appropriate for independent security audits, assessments, and intrusion and penetration testing.