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Meijer Sr IT Application Security Engineer in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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The Senior IT Application Security Engineer is considered an application security subject matter expert and is adept at blending industry best practices in application development and secured coding practices. The position assists solution development teams in designing, creating, and implementing secure solutions using formal project, program, portfolio management, Meijer Methodology, and/or resource management standards, software, processes, templates and tools that align IT Security to corporate goals. The team member in this position will communicate, recommend and define training and support standards, support software processes and tools within the ITS department and the business community, and serve as technical lead of projects or large sub-projects.
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What You'll be Doing:
Defines, communicates, and monitors compliance of SDLC security checks and balances that are to be followed at each step of development processes.
Defines, communicates, coordinates delivery of, and at times presents secured coding training content to development team members and leadership.
Develops and provides presentations as necessary for ITS team members, project and program leaders, ITS leadership, business customers and leadership and Senior/Executive-level leadership on application security topics.
Performs regular assessments of applications in conjunction with the Risk Evaluation group.
Performs and lead others in secured coding reviews of sensitive applications/solutions.
Ensures third party products properly address security (privacy requirements etc.).
Defines, communicates, and monitors compliance of SDLC security checks and balances that are to be followed at each step of development processes
Defines, communicates, coordinates delivery of, and at times presents secured coding training content to development team members and leadership
Develops and provides presentations as necessary for ITS team members, project and program leaders, ITS leadership, business customers and leadership and Senior/Executive-level leadership on application security topics
Performs regular assessments of applications in conjunction with the Risk Evaluation group
Performs and lead others in secured coding reviews of sensitive applications/solutions
Ensures third party products properly address security (privacy requirements etc.)
Ensures latest security controls exist on legacy applications.
Manages outsourced development activities focused on ensuring application security principles are applied appropriately.
Provide information to ITS, business, project, program and portfolio leaders to enable sound business decisions.
Provides application security-focused technical consulting on business projects or system issues.
Assists with the development of key business relationships and integration activities with other ITS departments, business areas, and/or vendors to ensure successful implementation and support of project, program and portfolio efforts.
Utilizes knowledge of industry best practices for project and portfolio management, budget, Methodology and/or IT resource management to recommend and implement necessary changes.
Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish objectives.
Anticipates and creates/recommends technical options to support IT operations.
Leads and directs the work of others with in the team and across IT organization on application security focused objectives.
Ensures quality assurance standards and strategies are applied.
Consults with, mentors and coaches ITS and business team members and leadership, project and program managers and vendors on secured coding principles and guidelines, Meijer Methodology, concepts, processes and tools.
Provides project management, portfolio, budget, Meijer Methodology, and/or IT resource management standards communication to ITS team members, business customers, senior leadership and/or vendors.
Develops and provides presentations as necessary for ITS team members, project and program leaders, ITS leadership, business customers and leadership and Senior/Executive-level leadership.
This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position. May perform other duties as assigned or required.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology Security, Information Assurance or related discipline or equivalent work experience and technical training is required.
Agile/Scrum, Lean and/or Six Sigma certification preferred.
CISSP certification preferred.
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification preferred.
7+ years of experience in application development, secured coding, solution design, enterprise architecture, Meijer ITS Solution Development, and/or ITS Security.
Extensive experience with and knowledge of Microsoft development technology suite, Microsoft AzureDevOps, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office Suite applications.
Has extensive experience working and coordinating multiple simultaneous projects and programs, including those that are outsourced (vendors, consultants and/or contractors) and cross-functional.
Previous technical lead experience in a large organization.
Experience with structured design, development, and implementation of new and established computing architectures.
Strong technical knowledge, with hands-on experience managing systems development in new and established computing architectures and environments.
Knowledge of relevant technology, tools, databases, and development techniques is critical.
Excellent project management, organization, and team collaboration skills.
Ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment.
Comfortable with ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability.
Curiosity to learn and understand business objectives, and how IT strategy enables them In depth understanding of project management concepts.
Possesses good follow-through, administrative and organizational skills, is able to multi-task and has strong interpretation skills for the review of reports and data from all areas of the company.
Possesses strong customer service orientation.
Possesses ability to define methods to measure processes and standards, and has an independent and innovative orientation.
Able to work cross-functionally across ITS and the business areas, and with all levels of Meijer team members, project leads, management and vendor partners.
Adaptive, flexible and responsive to challenges, change and customer business cultures.
We opened our doors more than 85 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we’re a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 240 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request . Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.