Senior Product Security Engineer

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The Senior Product Security Engineer is responsible for designing and implementing security best practices at each stage of the system development lifecycle, from design through production. This role works in partnership with cross-functional teams to act as a security subject matter expert, while supporting and advancing the security of ConnectWise applications.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides support to cross-functional teams, with a high attention to detail  
• Researches, analyzes, and documents findings
• May coach, review, and/or delegate work to other team members
• Conducts security assessments, threat modeling, and vulnerability reporting and develops security architecture patterns for implementing new solutions and products
• Performs application security reviews for our products and services to identify and/or validate vulnerabilities and attack chains
• Communicates findings, attack paths, and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders through written reports and verbal presentations
• Develops and maintains methodologies for penetration testing
• Assists with decision-making, prioritization, and support throughout the secure software development life cycle (s-SDLC) on a variety of security domains
• Participates in requirements gathering, secure coding and configuration, software testing, and third-party component management and defect management
• Serves as point of contact on secure development and security best practices 
•  Consults cross-functionally to embed security gates into their existing SDLC, leveraging automation when possible
• Drives the development of standards, practices, and processes to establish, manage, and report adherence to application security requirements and best practices
• Attends regular stand-ups and planning meetings to build positive relationships with key stakeholders
• Serves as the security authority on assigned products, ensuring the security controls are functioning, security requirements are provided before coding begins, and that vulnerabilities are fixed within their 

  SLAs

• Ensures s-SDLC controls are embedded in assigned product and serves as control owner for a subset of these controls
• Engages in application and domain-specific threat modeling, as well as attack surface analysis and reduction

Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required:

• Ability to manage projects and processes independently with limited supervision
• Recognized subject matter expert of applicable work area
• Ability to situationally adapt and understand new technology/processes as per business requirement
• Ability to identify application vulnerabilities and advise on appropriate remediation
• Solid understanding of common languages such as .NET, Python, JavaScript, Go, etc.
• Strong foundation in core information security principles and concepts (encryption, authentication, etc.)
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to explain sophisticated security topics in simple terms to technical and non-technical stakeholder 

Educational/Vocational/Previous Experience Recommendations:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent business experience
• 6+ years of relevant experience
• Experience securing enterprise-grade web applications
• Experience with automated application security tools and technologies (SAST, DAST, SCA, etc.)
• Experience in web application security issues and standards (ex. OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25, etc.) 

ConnectWise is an Equal Opportunity Employer, dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. ConnectWise provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military/veteran status, marital status, familial or parental status, or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable federal, state and local laws.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. Other duties may be assigned as needed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact us at [email protected] or 1-800-671-6898.