Principal Product Security Architect

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

OpenText is a global leader in information management where innovation creativity and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world tackle complex issues and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

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At OpenText AI is at the heart of everything we dopowering innovation transforming work and empowering digital knowledge workers. We are hiring talent AI cant replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Job: Principal Application Security Architect

Location: Richmond Hill ON Canada (office-based)

The opportunity:

The successful candidate will work as part of a small team of subject-matter experts providing security expertise to software development teams producing world class enterprise information management a time of increasing interconnectivity and rising expectations of rapid content delivery security is a paramount concern.

Your Impact:

In this role you will focus on continually improving the Secure Software Development Lifecycle and evangelizing the importance of security to more than 4000 software engineers globally. You will also support a team responsible for locating security vulnerabilities and preventing them as early as possible in the development process. You will be expected to demonstrate their technical knowledge and help OpenText produce software that exceeds the security requirements of customers worldwide.

What the role offers:

Security of web cloud-based and AI agentic applications databases and a solid understanding of the technologies involved (such as JavaScript Single Page Apps Oauth microservice architecture etc)

Application vulnerability types exploit techniques and mitigation approaches

Sophisticated hacking techniques and tooling

Advanced level software vulnerability scanning tools and detection methods including frontier AI scanning

Integrating security checks into a CI-CD pipeline for cloud applications

Design and mentoring on the creation and use of threat models

Hands-on experience with COTS and open-source application security testing tools

Securing and hardening virtualized and containerized deployment environments.

Securing and hardening supply chains

Software security standards compliance processes and common application security controls

What you need to succeed:

• 10 years of web application security and vulnerability analysis
• Skilled at research and driven to be current and informed on cybersecurity trends
• Persuasive clear concise communicator both verbally and written
• Highly organized with an ability to meet deadlines
• Self-motivated with a drive to succeed for yourself your team and your company
• Excellent people skills with ability to network with product development teams software architects and dev/ops both in-person and remotely instilling security into the development culture
• Background/understanding of agile software development life cycle
• Strong analytical / troubleshooting skills
• Commitment to quality and a thorough approach to work.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills
• A natural curiosity and detective skills

Education:

• Degree or commensurate experience in computer science computer engineering or information security related disciplines

• CISSP and/or CEH certified

One last thing:

OpenText is more than just a corporation its a global community where trust is foundational the bar is raised and outcomes are owned.

Join us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy technology and collaboration. At OpenText we dont just have a culture; we have character. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that embraces innovation and empowers its employees to make a difference.

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Compensation: At OpenText we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical emotional and financial wellbeing. As you move through the hiring process were happy to provide more details about our compensation programs including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles vacation entitlement and paid time off.

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