What are the responsibilities and job description for the AVP, Information Security DevOps Engineer position at Synchrony?
Job Description :
Role Summary / Purpose :
The AVP, Information Security DevOps Engineer is part of the Synchrony Information Security Cryptography Team, serving as a Cryptography, Information Security, and Secrets Management subject matter expert responsible for advancing Cryptography and Secrets Management multi-cloud platforms,, services, systems, and best practices at Synchrony. The candidate would have an engineering position focused on delivering critical / key enterprise data protection controls, efficient supporting processes, & comprehensive automation capabilities to protect & enable Synchrony's Information Security Engineering strategy at scale. The candidate is expected to have a strong understanding of Cryptography / Secrets Management automation, controls, lifecycle management, operations, and security.
The AVP, Information Security DevOps Engineer will serve as a key role in safeguarding the organization systems, networks, and data. The position is responsible for designing and building Information Security capabilities, management of these capabilities, and the supporting technology. In addition, this role will be responsible for acting as a trusted advisor for peers and other stakeholders within the organization.
We're proud to offer you choice and flexibility. You have the option to be remote, and work from home, or come into one of our offices. You may be occasionally requested to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and culture events.
Essential Responsibilities :
- Adopting and promoting engineering excellence by identifying efficiencies and synergies through means of automation, collaboration, and orchestration
- Collaborates with architecture to identify capability gaps, develop requirements, identify solutions to address, assist with proof of concepts and testing of solutions
- Implementation and technical lead responsibilities that include ongoing engineering / DevSecOps support for a global cryptography program which leverages a portfolio of data protection capabilities
- Managing technology from ground up and understanding gaps within the tech stack, including overlap with other technology and / or coverage, capability gaps
- Maintaining technology from a business as usual (BAU) aspect by ensuring the proper change management, incident management, disaster recover processes are occurring and current
- Participate as one of several technical leads on team of information security engineers
- Participate in authoring, editing, providing, or reviewing documentation (procedures, standards) to ensure a well-managed and mature security infrastructure
- Partners with peers within the organization to effectively prioritize work by using agile processes and ensuring risks, impediments, and asks are brought to leadership in a timely fashion
- Plays a hands-on role in the engineering and implementation of security measures that protect the computer systems, networks, and information
- Plays a key role in designing and building solutions which safeguard the organizations platforms and systems
- Proactively identifies problems and clearly articulates solutions and recommendations
- Provide day-to-day administration and support for infrastructure related to API, application security, firewalls, encryption, intrusion detection systems, PKI, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, security monitoring tools, penetration testing, authentication, web filtering, identity management, or access control systems, and their associated logs and processes
- Providing engineering / operations support for technology and processes, ensuring superior customer service is being met, and identifying process improvements
- Serving as a mentor or a subject-matter expert (SME) to other InfoSec team members and / or stakeholders throughout the organization
- Serving as a SAFe Product Owner for cryptographic technologies, accountable for defining / leading / maintaining the team backlog and product roadmap
- Supporting a "you build it you own it" model - meaning the technology built by engineering is also supported from a wing-to-wing operations aspect
- Works closely with Information Security program manager, scrum master, and architects to convey technical impacts to development / engineering timeline and risks
- Work independently in identifying opportunities to improve engineering or other performance for Information Security / Technology & other functions across Synchrony
- Work with Information Security / Technology engineers and API developers to drive program delivery
- Perform other duties and / or special projects as assigned
Qualifications / Requirements :
Desired Characteristics :
Grade / Level : 10
The salary range for this position is 95 ,000.00 - 160,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.
Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.
Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.
Eligibility Requirements :
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Our Commitment :
When you join us, you'll be part of a diverse, inclusive culture where your skills, experience, and voice are not only heard-but valued. We celebrate the differences in all of us and believe that our individual, unique perspectives is what makes Synchrony truly a great place to work. Together, we're building a future where we can all belong, connect and turn ideals into action. Through the power of our 8 Diversity Networks , with more than 60% of our workforce engaged, you'll find community to connect with an opportunity to go beyond your passions.
This starts when you choose to apply for a role at Synchrony. We ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Reasonable Accommodation Notice :
Job Family Group :
Information Technology
Salary : $95,000 - $160,000
