Sr Staff Product Security Architect (SSDL)

Job Description

Team

Product Security is Shifting Everywhere and holistically improving the maturity of the security program. The Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDL) team helps the organization measure and improve security activities. The team leads product threat modeling, helps to improve security behaviors, and manages a highly visible security champions program. The team is both highly technical and strategic.

Role

As a Senior Staff Product Security Architect on the ServiceNow SSDL team, you will collaborate with developers and software architects on highly technical solutions and help the organization build secure and resilient software. You will be threat modeling software products and services to identify potential risk and participate in architectural reviews of products in development.

A key part of this position is to ensure the continued success of a large and growing security champions program. You will help mentor security champions and assist them in secure software design. As a Senior Staff Product Security Architect, you will help security champions be successful.

What you get to do in this role :

Work on a wide range of technologies

Work on complex architectural and technical challenges

Participate in threat modeling activities

Mentor and collaborate with development teams to adopt secure coding practices

Work on strategic and highly visible security activities across the organization

Be an advocate for security and participate in a security champions program

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have :

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.

10+ years of experience in software security (AppSec)

6+ years of experience in threat modeling software applications and services

Expert-level knowledge in threat modeling methodologies such as STRIDE or PASTA and their applied use in fast-moving, iterative development lifecycles

Expert-level knowledge of common web application vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10)

Developer-level proficiency in one or more languages - Python, Java, JavaScript, and Golang preferred

In-depth knowledge of software design patterns and their security considerations

Expertise in authentication and authorization standards including OAuth, OIDC, SAML, JWT, and PASETO

Knowledge of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, digital signatures, PKI, TLS, and cryptographic hash functions

Knowledge of cloud native technologies including containers, Kubernetes, and services provided by AWS, GCP, and Azure

Knowledge of static analysis (SAST), dynamic analysis (DAST), and software composition analysis (SCA) security tools

Knowledge of OWASP ASVS, SCVS, and related verification standards

Ability to work collaboratively in a highly distributed team

Ability to communicate technical concepts to business stakeholders

A passion for security

Additional Information

Work Personas

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.

Accommodations

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