Principal Cloud Security Engineer

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at ;br>
Job Function:
Technology Enterprise Strategy & Security

Job Sub Function:
Security & Controls

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are seeking the best talent for a Principal Cloud Security Engineer to join our MedTech Product Security team. The role can be based in Danvers, or Raritan, NJ. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company. This role can also be remote or hybrid work. This role will require up to 20% travel.

As the world's most comprehensive MedTech business, J&J MedTech Companies are building on a century of experience, merging science and technology, to shape the future of health and benefit even more people around the world. With our unparalleled breadth, depth and reach across heart recovery, surgery, orthopedics and interventional solutions, we're working to profoundly change the way care is delivered. We are in this for life. For more information, visit ;br>
At Johnson & Johnson, we all belong.

Are you passionate about security and interested in joining a community of collaborative colleagues working in a Patient First! culture? If that's you, we have an immediate opportunity for a Sr. Manager Medical Devices Product Security to join the Product Cybersecurity team to help ensure security is implemented by design for this top-performing medical device company. This is an exciting opportunity to impact development initiatives that will shape future product development and industry standards. You will own the Product Security process for the products that you will support throughout the product development lifecycle which includes both pre-market and post-market processes engineering teams. If you are eager to leverage your security risk and compliance skills to make a difference and directly impact patient lives, this could be perfect for you.

Purpose: The Principal Cloud Security Engineer will be responsible for implementation of J&J's enterprise Product Security strategy and framework throughout the Heart Recovery portfolio of medical devices and supporting platforms. This role will join Abiomed, part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, to provide technical expertise and strategic leadership in securing Impella heart pump technologies, next-generation cardiac support systems, and connected medical devices. This role is responsible for delivering security architecture, cryptographic controls, embedded system protections/controls, and threat mitigation techniques to ensure robust, regulatory-compliant security across the product lifecycle. Specific responsibilities include supporting heart recovery throughout a new product's development phases, review product security requirements and recommend security design solutions, complete Quality documentation, threat modelling, coordinate third-party penetration testing, software architecture review and design recommendations, code analysis and other security testing work as needed.

Additionally, this position will have post market responsibilities for Heart Recovery marketed devices include monitoring for new vulnerabilities, assisting with patching and remediation plans, as well as responding to customer security questionnaires and reviewing security language within contractual agreements as needed.

• Drive alignment of the Cloud security controls and documentation to the J&J Product Security's overarching framework.
• Define and prioritize compliance with the FDA Pre-Market Guidance Appendix 1
• Define the security requirements required for USA 510k, EU MDR, and Japan PDMA compliance
• Support the Product Security strategy and objectives within Heart Recovery
• Define and Enforce cryptographic protocols for data-at-rest and data-in-transit, ensuring compliance with FDA cybersecurity requirements, NIST 800-175, FIPS 140-3, and IEC 62443.
• Define and implement key management infrastructure (PKI, cloud-based HSMs)) for device identity, authentication, and software signing.
• Implement Zero Trust security for device-to-cloud connectivity, integrating mTLS and continuous authentication models into clinical applications.
• Oversee secure OTA (over-the-air) update mechanisms, ensuring software and firmware rollbacks, code signing, and supply chain integrity validation.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Working from the office in Danvers MA or Raritan, NJ for a minimum of 3 days per week (for candidates within commutable distance to site).
• Partner with engineering teams (cloud, console) to drive successful adherence to the product security policies, processes, framework and program objectives.
• Create, update, and improve product security processes for the cloud infrastructure and application.
• Deep understanding of the MS Azure Cloud platform and the implementation, configuration, and hardending or Azure Cloud Services and implementation of Security services such as MS Defender, WAF, NSGs, KeyVault, Azure VM Security, AKS security)
• Act as an SME on cyber security matters and provide guidance to engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Advocate for proactive inclusion of cyber security controls and processes into all phases of the product life cycle, process improvements, strategic product road map planning.
• Deliver documentation for pre-market product development activities including product security plans, threat models, security requirements, detailed SBOM, and risk assessments documentation.
• Drive and monitor post-market vulnerability management activities with the development of CVE risk assessments, with adherence to strict timelines and alignment from cross-functional stakeholders.
• Perform security risk assessment and development of the security views (Global System View, Patchability View, Multi-Patient Harm View, and Security Use Case Views) on the Cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Collaborate with the cloud engineering and development team to integrate security measures and security tools into the CI/CD pipeline and the DevSecOps processes.
• Continuous improvement of Defender Score.
• Support compliance certification activities, such as SOC2 Type2, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, 81001-5-1, etc.
• Identify, research, evaluate, and integrate new compliance requirements, industry standards, and best practices into the product security programs.
• Maintain relationships with Heart Recovery's Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations.
• Guide teams to make decisions that balance business needs with medical device security objectives.
• Work across organizational boundaries and exhibit empathy with customers, both internal and external.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years industry experience in Information Security.
• Experience generating Threat models without the use of threat modeling tools
• Experience performing risk assessments utilizing CVSS 3.1 or higher, with STRIDE per element
• Ability to write technical security requirements for embedded systems and web platforms based on the latest regulations
• Experience architecture and securing MS Azure with configuring and hardening Azure security services
• Experience working in a Cloud Scrum/Agile Azure DevOps environment.
• Familiarity with some or all of these tools: Snyk, Veracode, Coverity, Wiz, JIRA, Confluence, Dependency-Track
• Experience with Containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and implementing security controls.
• Understanding and execution of third-party penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, CVSS and/or other general security testing principles
• Experience supporting regulatory security submissions, ensuring compliance with FDA Cybersecurity Guidance (2025), EU MDR, NIST 800-53, IMDRF, and AAMI TIR57.
• Working knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO27001, SOC2 Type 2, HIPAA, GDPR, 81001-5-1).
• Ability to generate SBOMs from Software source code and Binaries, Firmware, and Operating Systems
• Ability to generate pre-market risk assessments against the threat model leveraging STRIDE and post-market risk assessments via SCA SBOM scans.
• Ability to generate security architecture views for software as medical device (SAMD) Web applications that would include: Global System View, Multi-Patient Harm View, Updateability/Patchability view and, detailing system boundaries, data flows, and external interactions to show risk mitigation, ensuring transparency, and supporting post-market management
• Experience with security risk management techniques and developing Quality Management System documentation from draft through cross-functional approval
• Demonstrated organizational skills, attention to detail, the ability to handle multiple assignments simultaneously in a timely manner and be able to meet assigned deadlines.
• Committed to working independently with a sense of urgency and embracing new challenges.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred:

• CISSP, CISM, or other security certification
• MS and/or advanced degree
• Experience working in an FDA-regulated environment.

• Experience leading or participating in formal security audits
• Familiarity with FDA and/or other global regulatory cybersecurity guidance requirements and submission process
• Experience in cybersecurity pre-sales
• Software development experience

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:
Business Process Design, Crisis Management, Critical Thinking, Information Security Auditing, Information Security Management System (ISMS), Information Technology (IT) Security Assessments, Information Technology Strategies, Mentorship, Organizing, Presentation Design, Process Optimization, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Security Architecture Design, Security Policies, Technical Credibility, Vulnerability Management

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$102,000.00 - $177,100.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation -120 hours per calendar year

Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington -56 hours per calendar year

Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays -13 days per calendar year

Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Parental Leave - 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child

Condolence Leave - 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member

Caregiver Leave - 10 days

Volunteer Leave - 4 days

Military Spouse Time-Off - 80 hours

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