Product Security Architect

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Product Security Architect, you will be trusted to lead the design and implementation of secure architectures for medical devices, cloud platforms, and digital ecosystems. This will include driving security strategy across product lifecycles, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards (FDA, MDR, ISO 13485) and alignment with business objectives.

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Defining and maintaining product security architecture standards and frameworks.
• Collaborating with R&D, product development, and operations teams to embed security into design and development phases.
• Performing advanced threat modeling, risk assessments, and vulnerability analysis for complex systems.
• Developing cryptographic strategies, PKI use cases, and secure key management solutions.
• Guiding secure coding practices and overseeing penetration testing and security validation activities.
• Acting as a subject matter expert for regulatory compliance and security certifications.
  
  

WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school 13 yrs; Assoc. 9 yrs; M.S. 2 yrs; PhD 0 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• 5 Years of Relevant Experience
• Prior experience in developing and implementing cybersecurity controls for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)
• Experience performing security risk assessments and security testing for full lifecycle of the product development.
  
  

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:

• Join Alcon’s mission to provide top-tier, innovative products and solutions to enhance sight & enhance lives.
• Grow your career in a highly collaborative and diverse environment where your contributions directly impact Alcon's innovation.
• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more!
  
  

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Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.