Lead, DevSecOps Full-time Job

Role Description:

As a Lead, DevSecOps within the Canada Life Information Security Department, you will be responsible for the security posture of the products your team supports. You will grow your team through hiring, develop the team through coaching, act as a technical escalation point, and ultimately guide the team through critical decisions that always prioritize our customers.

 

What you will do:

• Act as a subject matter expert and provide consulting on-demand for various initiatives.
• Manage the daily operations and projects for a team of Application and Offensive Security professionals. 
• Monitor key performance indicator (KPI) metrics, track program and employee performance, and provide reporting to senior management on a regular cadence.
• Collaborate with product and development teams to ensure the adoption of Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) best practices across the organization.

 

What you will bring:

• Experience leading, managing, and developing high performance teams.
• Experience within an Application Security, Software Security team, or similar operating environment.
• Experience with conducting Offensive Security assessments, such as Penetration Testing or Red Teaming.
• Experience with Threat Modeling and/or Security Architecture.
• Excellent written communication skills, with a focus on translating technically complex issues into simple, easy to understand concepts.
• Ability to think offensively like a hacker and defensively by evaluating applications and architecture.
• Read and write multiple programming languages. Java, C#, JavaScript, Apex, and Python are highly valued, but others will help too.
• Demonstrated knowledge of security best practices, principles, and common frameworks, such as: OWASP, NIST, ISO, SOC, etc.
• Prior experience in implementing and integrating DevSecOps tools for SAST, SCA, DAST, IAST, ASPM, WAF, RASP, Fuzzing, Bug Bounty, etc.

Canada Life provides a wide range of insurance and wealth management products for individuals, families and business owners from coast to coast. At Canada Life, we're focused on improving the financial, physical and mental well-being of Canadians.