Application Security Solution Architect

Job Description:

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Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Application Security Solution Architect to join an exciting team within Global Information Security (GIS). Cyber Security Technology (CST) is a globally distributed team responsible for cyber security innovation and architecture, engineering, solutions and capabilities development, cyber resiliency, access management engineering, data strategy, deployment maintenance, technical project management, and information technology security control support.

The Application Security Solution Architect will facilitate designing, strengthening, and securing solutions that Bank applications use to increase security posture across their entire lifecycle. This role focuses on collaboration across all Lines of Business and CIO teams to continuously improve the organization’s security adherence. The Solution Architect will design, identify, and document inefficiencies, and prioritize improvement opportunities across the application development lifecycle and authentication related projects.

Additionally, the role also will actively apply knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, and information security concepts (e.g., NIST, COBIT, ISO, OWASP) to establish and maintain information security policies and standards. Job expectations include working with information security engineering and product teams to identify risk gaps and direct the overall application security design strategy.

Key Responsibilitie s

• Analyze, design, develop, and deliver secure application security solutions.
• Create and leverage security patterns that align application designs with business requirements.
• Lead solution design, including security requirements, risk identification, opportunities, and policy alignment.
• Collaborate across lines of business, security, engineering, and platform architecture teams.
• Serve as a technical security design SME for products supporting the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Own solution architecture and design documentation for application security platforms and components.
• Define application development architecture, standards, patterns, and security best practices.
• Maintain security blueprints, portfolio designs, and reference architectures.
• Communicate risks, challenges, and design…