DevSecOps Tech Lead

Core Responsibilities

• Provide technical and delivery leadership for the Application Security - DevSecOps Foundations team spanning SAST SCA secrets scanning and emerging application security capabilities.
• Partner with individual domain leads (SAST SCA Engineering etc.) to balance priorities unblock work and ensure consistent collaboration and execution across the team.
• Support the manager through execution planning stakeholder communication and operational leadership; align weekly priorities with management and the team.
• Work hands-on across application security initiatives as needed contributing to tooling integrations workflows and problem-solving during high-impact efforts.
• Own team planning and execution including roadmap development identifying future scope aligning work to OKRs and ensuring commitments are met.
• Participate in on-call support and assist during security tooling incidents or threat events providing coordination leadership and technical guidance when needed.
• Collaborate closely with other Application Security teams platform teams and security and engineering partners to align tooling integrations and strategy across the broader AppSec ecosystem.
• Work closely with application security architects to influence big-picture design technical direction and scalable architecture decisions.
• Remove blockers and support team members through technical guidance decision support and hands-on assistance to keep work moving forward.
• Lead and facilitate team operating rhythms including standups planning retrospectives cross-team syncs and other working sessions.
• Engage with vendor partners on roadmap discussions escalations evaluations and future capability planning.
• Stay current on application security best practices tooling trends and emerging risks proactively bringing recommendations to the team and leadership.
• Foster a collaborative inclusive and high-performing team culture through mentorship knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Proven experience deploying and operating SAST/SCA tools including onboarding authentication and CI/CD integration
• Hands-on experience with application security tools (SAST SCA IAST DAST etc.)
• Strong understanding of modern application development and delivery (IDEs repos CI/CD cloud containers serverless)
• Knowledge of industry standards such as NIST OWASP and MITRE
• Relevant certifications in AppSec DevSecOps cloud or application development preferred

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.