Product Security Engineer; DevSecOps

Position: Product Security Engineer (DevSecOps)
Location: Westerville

JOB SUMMARY

The Product Security Engineer, Dev Sec Ops  team member is expected to have foundational knowledge of IT systems, embedded devices, applications, cloud systems and stay up to date with the latest security standards, systems, and authentication protocols, as well as best practices and emerging technologies. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of industry security frameworks such as OWASP SAMM and will be a strong communicator.

They will be responsible for supporting the identification of product and application security threats as well as areas of weakness in products and applications for improvement.

This position will be primarily based out of Westerville, OH - HQ office, and will consistently work under the guidance and processes of global security team while assisting regional as well as global engineering groups. The Product Security Engineer, Dev Sec Ops  team member will be expected to use their knowledge and experience to contribute to improving internal secure processes and procedures.

Responsibilities:

* In addition to anticipating possible security threats and identifying areas of weakness, the Product Security Engineer must:

* Participate as a Security Engineer to work in development, operations activities daily

* Support building various tools, processes for the business and for engineering teams through various software development skills and coding practices (OOPS preferred)

* Code management and maintenance through Dev Ops and CI/CD pipelines

* Thorough Gitlab usage and maintenance for daily activities tracking, source code management, Dev Ops and CI/CD

* Support internal security team efforts, cross-functional activities

* Act as a primary point of contact for regional engineering teams for secure best practices and processes

Assist engineering teams in adopting secure development best practices and processes

* Assist in executing internal product security program and vulnerability management processes including triage and tracking closures of issues identified

* Provide support to regional and global initiatives as assigned

Requirements:

* A bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or related Engineering field is highly desirable.

* Total 2 - 4 years of relevant experience in Software Development, Coding (especially OOPS, C++ etc.), Dev Ops and CI/CD

* Additional advanced security qualifications such as CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification, CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) or equivalent are a plus but not required

* Good working knowledge of current Software Development environments, IT risks and experience implementing security solutions.

* Ability to interact with a broad cross-section of personnel to articulate and enforce security measures through internal product security program and vulnerability management processes

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as business acumen

* Strong technical documentation, diagramming, and presentation skills

* Effective communication skills and goal-oriented

Ability to work effectively within a team environment and deliver on assigned objectives

* Demonstrated collaboration skills within cross-functional environments

* Meaningful technical contributions into the development lifecycle of a product, application, and service with guidance from senior team members

Preferred knowledge experience includes:

* Software Development experience in IT Applications, embedded systems / software and/or web-based applications that includes lab activities with and debugging on target hardware

* Experience with:

* using git and related source code management tools

* Linux kernel and networking stack including security features

* On-premises and cloud-based multi-tiered applications

* Operating system configuration of Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS

* Computer boot process including boot loaders

* Familiarity with compilers, debuggers, disassemblers, and other low-level development and analysis tools

* Circumventing security protection methods and techniques

* Reverse engineering complex systems and protocols

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