Principal Application & Security Architect

Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we’re the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges.

Job Summary

Your role at CDW is of the utmost importance to the company’s mission, objectives and reputation. As the Principal Application Security Architect, you will partner with the business and the Global Information Security Team to ensure alignment on modern cybersecurity design patterns and solutions. This role is part of the Business Information Security Office and will interact across various global business units.

What you will do:

· Evangelize the Global Information Security standard architecture design model to business units.

· Identify opportunities within the business units where architecture is not meeting standards and provide a clear roadmap and prioritization for the business units to be aligned.

· Oversee and / or perform penetration test and / or code reviews to identify security weaknesses across a wide variety of technology solutions, including on-premises applications and SaaS platforms.

· Participate in CDW’s global Secure Software Development Life Cycle (S-SDLC) program—providing advisory on secure code and architecture patterns to ensure consistent, repeatable, and scalable security across common application, API, and platform use cases for all the business units.

What you will do:

· 10+ years of experience in information security domains including authentication, authorization, API, and application / product security.

· Liaison with business partners to drive application security architecture principles.

· Develop a roadmap to align business units to Global Information Security Standards.

· Influence opportunities for standards to be improved.

What we expect of you:

· We value experience, skills, drive, aptitude and attitude over university degrees and certifications.

· Deep understanding of vulnerability management.

· Experience in managing cybersecurity in a distributed environment.

· Proven ability to develop and implement security metrics and reporting mechanisms.

· Excellent communications skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across various levels and functions.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing security issues.

· Willingness to be hands-on.

Who we are:
CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small. 

What you can expect from us: Culture, coworkers, careers. 
CDW is not only the People Who Get IT but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, you’ll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self—and your best ideas—to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving—and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
 

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status

Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/