DevSecOps Specialist leading Secure-SDLC initiatives and application security projects at Marsh. Collaborating with teams to enhance security practices and tool integrations.
Responsibilities
Lead initiatives related to DevSecOps and Secure-SDLC.
Enhance the company’s Secure Software development Lifecycle (Secure-SDLC) which in turn will reflect the company’s Application Development Security Policy,
Select and standardize application security tools. This includes vendor/tool assessments and full POC,
Integrate Secure-SDLC requirements and other security policy/requirements into the DevSecOps processes,
Define and enhance application security requirements and standards which must be designed for agile development methods leveraging traditional application architectures as well as cloud architectures and container workloads.
Advise the application security leadership on best practices and standards around application security tools with main focus on shift-left, create predictable CI/CD pipeline processes, and enable application teams to develop new capabilities securely, and free from security defects, by design
Assess security tools and related processes currently used within the various Software Development Life Cycle processes to identify improvements opportunities, and rationalize the tools set
Select new application security tools including vendor/tool assessments and conduct full POC to prove that the security solutions/products are fit-for-purpose and fit-for-use
Draft documentation for the Secure-SDLC and DevSecOps to illustrate the frameworks and its process guidelines to internal customers ensuring the style is palatable and easy to navigate
Assess impact of new publications from the security industry (e.g. NIST 800-XXX, ISO 2700X:2022, etc) on the company’s AppSec programs
Research new trends and advise the application security leaderships on impact of the new trends as they relate to currently used tools, tool chain roadmap, efficiency and effectiveness of current processes, etc.
Promote secure coding standard and all related processes
Promote the priorities set forth by Global Information Security function, and the roadmap set forth by the Global Application Security
Automate and integrate security scan and analysis tools into the DevSecOps pipeline
Requirements
5 years+ DevSecOps and Secure-SDLC work experience
CISSP, CSSLP, cloud security, DevSecOps automation, or similar is required
Post-secondary education or equivalent experience as a DevSecOps Engineer
Develop/enhance and implement the Secure-SDLC framework
Design, implement, and rollout DevSecOps automations and tool chain
Implement sensors to collect data on key metrics for statistics and reporting
Serve as the subject matter expert in Secure-SDLC and DevSecOps
Advise on the processes and standards that are designed to implement a company’s Application Development Security Policy
Experience in designing Secure-SDLC processes and relevant tooling to support the processes
Experience in software/application analysis tools like SAST, DAST, SCA, threat modeling, supply-chain etc.
Technical hands-on experience in automating and integrating security scan and analysis tools into the DevSecOps pipeline.
Experience in one or more programming languages
Familiarity with security frameworks (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25, CWE)
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