Junior Application Security Engineer at AbbVie
North Chicago, IL
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Jul 30, 2026
North Chicago, IL
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within AbbVie's Information Security team and focuses on implementing, administering, and integrating application security testing tools — SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, and ASPM — into CI/CD pipelines across the software development lifecycle. The engineer also serves as first-line support for development teams, helping triage findings, remediate vulnerabilities, and promote secure coding practices. It suits someone with a software development background who has moved into application security engineering.
Senior level · 4+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Junior, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 4 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 2, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The title says 'Junior' but the requirements demand 4–5 years of experience, principal-engineer-level thinking, coaching junior engineers, and presenting at technical conferences — the actual scope is solidly Senior.
No work location is specified in the posting beyond 'US & Puerto Rico'; the CBSA and state fields have been left blank accordingly.
The minimum experience threshold is 4 years (Master's path) or 5 years (Bachelor's path); 4 years is used as the floor.
SAST, DAST, IAST, and SCA are listed together as a single tooling family in the requirements; they are emitted as separate skills because each represents a distinct tool category, with SAST carrying the alternatives note for the group.
No compensation figures are disclosed in the posting despite a reference to a 'compensation range described below' — no range was actually included in the text provided.
The role is genuinely hybrid between application security analysis (15-1212) and software/security engineering (15-1252); 15-1212 is chosen as primary because the day-to-day work centers on security tooling, vulnerability triage, and risk communication rather than shipping product software.
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