Sr Application Security Architect

Senior Application Security Architect - Remote or Hybrid

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About the job

As a Senior Application Security Architect within the Product Security Organization (PSO), you will be a key contributor to SAS solution security. Successful candidates will partner with architecture, engineering, and cloud hosting helping to solve complex technical problems anywhere in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) from design and development through to deployment and operations. Technical security breadth and depth as well as clear, concise and effective communications are key – this role requires a diverse set of skills in systems architecture, software development, and cyber-security.

Success will depend on your collaborative skills working toward the SAS goal of meeting legal, compliance, and customer security requirements as part of providing SAS customers with the most trustworthy solutions globally.

As a Senior Application Security Architect at SAS, you will:

• Collaborate across R&D and cloud hosting teams to strategically improve the security posture of business-critical multi-tier solutions in legacy, hybrid cloud, and public cloud environments. Includes tactical refactoring, environment promotion, and Secure by Default deployment and configuration to maintain security consistency if not parity between all environments.
• Collaborate in the planning of evolutionary paths for secure architectures and systems incorporating and aligning dependent third-party architectures as well as the adoption of new technologies while maintaining a robust and consistent security posture. Includes employing specific security compensating controls, defense in depth, and security posture aspects in support of Secure by Design, Secure by Default (deployment and configuration), and Zero Trust Architectural principles.
• Work with development teams providing security assessment and hardening of products spanning the SDLC and development pipelines left/early-shifted wherever possible. Includes performing periodic secure design, threat modeling, code reviews, or direct verification to identify and triage issues assessing the security risk and recommending remediation steps for vulnerabilities and weaknesses.
• Collaborate with Product Management stakeholders to ensure security implementations are consistent with business objectives, customer requirements, and applicable global regulations.
• Identify, train, and partner with Security Champions in place with product R&D teams. Help champions assess and gauge risk to identify security gaps or seams in the products and integrated solutions.
• Create and maintain secure engineering documentation, guidance, or training collateral supporting with PSO standards, policies, and procedures.
• Collaborate with other teams within security to identify new tools and processes to integrate into the Secure SDLC. Recommend and promote software security policies, standards, and procedures that can improve the global SAS security posture. Mentor and coach within the Product Security Office and other Security Architects aligned with your security breadth and building depth via subject matter expertise.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of secure software development, secure system architecture and design, or related experience.
• 4+ years of demonstratable experience in developing or adopting software security best practices.
• Bachelor's degree with major study in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related. Possess relevant security certifications such as from SANS, GIAC, or ISACA CEH, for CCSP, CSSLP, CISM, or CISSP.
• An equivalent combination of related education, training, or experience may be considered in place of any of the above qualifications.
• Knowledge of current Global Enterprise security risks and attacker…