Bilingual Senior Specialist, Security Applications
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Bilingual Senior Specialist, Security Applications (AppSec)
Job Requisition ID: 12554
Position Status:Permanent Full Time
Position Type:Hybrid
Travel Requirement:Limited
Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak):CBC
Security Requirement:Secret
Salary:Our salaries generally range from $104,180.28to $130,225.36and are based on qualifications and experience.
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About the role
Join the Technology and Business Transformation team in the Bilingual Senior Specialist, Security Applications position. You will be responsible for designing, governing, and continuously improving the enterprise Application Security (AppSec) program to ensure that applications, architecture solutions and software‑delivered services are designed, built, tested, and operated in alignment with the organization’s risk tolerance, security strategy, and regulatory obligations.
In this role you will also provide expert‑level advisory services to senior management, architects, and delivery leadership, and be accountable for the effectiveness and outcomes of application security controls across the full Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC / SDLC) or solution design, including controls embedded in Agile and DevSecOps delivery models.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and evolve the enterprise Application Security framework, ensuring security requirements are embedded throughout the software development lifecycle and become a core part of how applications are designed, built, tested, and deployed.
- Establish governance for Secure SDLC and/or infrastructure practices, integrating security controls, automated testing, secure coding standards, and risk management directly into day-to-day development workflows.
- Drive a secure‑by‑design and secure‑by‑default culture by providing standards, patterns, and guidance that enable development teams to proactively build security into applications rather than addressing it after deployment.
- Partner with engineering, platform, and architecture teams to embed application security requirements into Agile delivery models, CI/CD pipelines, development toolchains, cloud‑native environments, and third‑party integrations.
- Provide expert guidance on secure design decisions, vulnerability remediation, risk‑based control selection, and the adoption of emerging technologies while balancing security, business needs, and delivery velocity.
- Define and enforce security assurance activities and quality gates as integrated components of the software development and solution deployment process.
- Act as the senior application security advisor and escalation point for complex vulnerabilities, design‑level risks, exception requests, and secure software delivery challenges.
What you should have:
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience will be considered.
- At least 7 years of progressive experience in application security, software security, cybersecurity, secure software engineering, or secure software delivery.
- A proven experience developing and implementing enterprise application security standards, governance frameworks, and security control requirements.
- A demonstrated success embedding and operationalizing application security within day‑to‑day software development practices, ensuring security is integrated throughout the SDLC/SSDLC, Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps delivery processes.
- A strong expertise partnering with development teams to bake secure‑by‑design and secure‑by‑default principles, secure coding standards, and automated security controls into application design, development, testing, deployment, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Extensive experience leading application security assurance activities, including secure architecture and design reviews, threat modeling, SAST, DAST, SCA, and penetration testing oversight and remediation