Senior Application Security Architect

The Team:

The Information Security department is responsible for setting enterprise security policies and standards that are designed to protect the confidentiality integrity and availability of Morningstar information. The security team offers guidance and technical expertise in areas like application security infrastructure and cloud security policies and procedures disaster recovery and compliance/regulation. We analyze emerging security threats and conduct risk and vulnerability assessments to ensure that our information remains secure.

The Role:
The Senior Application Security Architect will be part of the central information security team and act as a subject matter expert to all of Morningstars product teams by provide security guidance and creating application security standards and patterns. The successful candidate will contribute to maintaining Morningstars security posture by performing threat modeling security architecture reviews of Morningstar products and ensure that major projects receive appropriate architectural security guidance requirements setting and review. The Application Security Architect will also partner with the Director of Product Security to define the direction of the application security program as well as on improving security processes and tooling. The position will be based in our Chicago or Toronto office.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with development teams across the organization to secure products
• Contribute to secure reference architectures and patterns for all product teams to leverage
• Develop maintain and communicate future and current product security initiatives
• Develop and enhance internal security processes programs and procedures
• Conduct risk assessments threat modeling and product security reviews on Morningstar systems
• Work directly with internal business units to communicate risk provide security remediation advice and deliver education as needed.
• Document secure coding guidelines and assist by internal development personnel
• Identify web/mobile/api application security vulnerabilities and offer remediation advice

Qualifications:

• A bachelors degree and 5 years experience in a development or software security / penetration testing role or equivalent experience
• We are looking for someone who enjoys breaking code solving puzzles and diagnosing problems
• Excellent communication skills and a strong understanding of software development architecture and application security
• An ability to improve system development security across diverse technical teams and technologies
• Strong understanding of risk management and the realworld impacts of architectural decisions
• Experience architecting and deploying applications securely in cloud environments

Nice to have:

• Strong understanding of common authentication models and protocols (SAML OAuth OpenID etc. preferred
• Prior development experience preferred
• Vulnerability management experience preferred

Compensation and Benefits

At Morningstar we believe people are at their best when they are at their healthiest. Thats why we champion your wellness through a widerange of programs that support all stages of your personal and professional life. Here are some examples of the offerings we provide:

• Financial Health
  • 75 401k match up to 7
  • Stock Ownership Potential
  • Company provided life insurance 1x salary commission

• Physical Health
  • Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and companyprovided HSA contributions (up to $500$2000 annually) for specific plansand coverages
  • Additional medical Wellness Incentives up to $300$600 annual
  • Companyprovided long and shortterm disabilityinsurance

• Emotional Health
  • TrustBased Time Off
  • 6week Paid Sabbatical Program
  • 6Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave
  • Competitive 824 Week Paid Parental Bonding Leave
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Leadership Coaching & Formal MentorshipOpportunities
  • Annual Education Stipend
  • Tuition Reimbursement

• Social Health
  • Charitable Matching Gifts program
  • Dollars for Doers volunteer program
  • Paid volunteering days
  • 15 Employee Resource & Affinity Groups

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Morningstars hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate inperson each week. While some positions are available as fully remote weve found that were at our best when were purposely together on a regular basis typically three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are youll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.