Application Security Architect

Application Security Architect - Hybrid Cary, NC 

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About the job

As an Application Security Architect within the Product Security Organization (PSO), you will be a key contributor to overall Product 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 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 an Application Security Architect, you will:

• Work in active partnership with development teams in identifying and building solutions to secure code and the implementation of application vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
• Review application architecture, identify security gaps, and generally help improve the security posture of business-critical multi-tier applications in legacy, hybrid cloud, and public cloud environments with refactoring and promotions between the environments.
• Perform periodic secure design and coding assessments to diagnose, triage, and propose remediations for vulnerabilities and weaknesses in code and applications, considering code, design, and deployment.
• Use standard tools and secure architecture methodologies to evaluate design trade-offs for updating architecture. Work with Product Management to ensure changes are consistent with business objectives and customer requirements.
• Contributes documentation, developer guidance, repositories with examples of best practices in secure coding and secure design patterns.
• Partner and mentor security champions within the security in engineering and product teams. Help them identify security gaps and assess risk.
• Coach and train teams in topics related to threat modeling and secure architecture, design, and coding.
• Collaborate with other teams within security to identify new tools and processes to integrate into the Security software development lifecycle
• Provide technical guidance on methodologies, frameworks, and best practices to developers.
• Reports on the posture of the organization’s security initiatives and make recommendations to improve security maturity and posture.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals.
• Partner 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. Provide help and guidance on maintaining a robust and consistent security posture via compensating controls, defense in depth, etc., aligning to Secure by Default and Zero Trust principles. 
• Collaborate with development teams providing security review and assessments spanning the SDLC and development pipelines. Perform periodic secure design and code reviews to identify, diagnose, and triage issues assessing the security risk and recommending remediation steps for vulnerabilities and weaknesses improving security posture in architecture, design, code, deployment, and operations.
• Collaborate with Product Management to ensure security implementations are consistent with business objectives, customer requirements, and applicable global regulations.
• Identify, train, and partner with divisional Security Champions in place with product architecture and engineering 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/training, and similar collateral aligned 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 security posture of the company.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with major study in technical disciplines such as Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of secure software development, secure system architecture and design, or related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge in securing enterprise web applications and familiarity with OWASP Top 10, CVSS, CWE, etc.
• An equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Preferred qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in developing or adopting software security patterns and best practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge and willingness to learn security principles for containers and micro-services, SaaS, ML, and AI.
• Experience with programming languages such as: Java, C/C++, C#, Rust, Python, JavaScript, PHP, Golang, etc. Ability to review code or logic and be confident in giving prescriptive guidance to developers in security patterns and best practices.
• Active security certification: CISSP, CSSLP, CEH, CCSP, OSCP, etc.
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. At SAS, these traits influence everything we do.
• Experience with security in public clouds such as Azure, AWS, GCP, or hybrids.
• Experience with SAST tools, such as: Snyk, Black Duck, Sonar, Prisma, etc.
• Experience with DAST tools, such as: ZAP, Wfuzz, Grabber, BurpSuite, Vega, W3af, etc.
• Knowledge and experience with auditing, implementing, and supporting DevSecOps.

World-Class Benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. 

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