Staff Product Security Engineer (SSDL)

Company Description

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

Job Description

**PLEASE NOTE**:  This role requires a minimum of 2 days per week in our San Diego, CA ServiceNow Office.  Please do not apply if you cannot meet this requirement.  Thank you 

The ServiceNow Security Organization (SSO):  

The ServiceNow Security Organization (SSO) delivers world-class, innovative security solutions to reduce risk and protect the company and our customers. We enable our customers to migrate their most sensitive data and workloads to the cloud, accelerating our business so that we are the most trusted SaaS provider. We create an environment where our employees are proud to work and can make a positive impact  

Team:

Product Security is Shifting Everywhere and holistically improving the maturity of the security program. The Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDL) team helps the organization measure and improve security activities. The team leads product threat modeling, helps to improve security behaviors, and manages a highly visible security champions program. The team is both highly technical and strategic.   

Role:

As a Staff Product Security Engineer on the ServiceNow SSDL team, you will collaborate with developers and software architects on highly technical solutions and help the organization build secure and resilient software. You will be threat modeling software products and services to identify potential risk and participate in architectural reviews of products in development.    

A key part of this position is to ensure the continued success of a large and growing security champions program. You will help mentor security champions and assist them in secure software design. As a Staff Product Security Engineer, you will help security champions be successful.   

What you get to do in this role:

• Work on a wide range of technologies 
• Work on complex architectural and technical challenges 
• Participate in threat modeling activities 
• Mentor and collaborate with development teams to adopt secure coding practices 
• Work on strategic and highly visible security activities across the organization 
• Be an advocate for security and participate in a security champions program 

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we need someone who has: 

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI’s potential impact on the function or industry. 
• 2+ years of experience in software development
• 8+ years of experience in software security (AppSec)
• 2+ years of experience in threat modeling software applications and services
• Proficient in threat modeling methodologies such as STRIDE or PASTA and their applied use in fast-moving, iterative development lifecycles 
• In-depth knowledge of common web application vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10) 
• Developer-level proficiency in one or more languages - Python, Java, JavaScript, and Golang preferred 
• Working knowledge of Machine Learning and taxonomies such as BIML that categorize known attacks on machine learning models 
• In-depth knowledge of software design patterns and their security considerations 
• In-depth knowledge of authentication and authorization standards including OAuth, OIDC, SAML, JWT, and PASETO 
• Knowledge of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, digital signatures, PKI, TLS, and cryptographic hash functions 
• Knowledge of cloud native technologies including containers, Kubernetes, and services provided by AWS, GCP, and Azure 
• Knowledge of static analysis (SAST), dynamic analysis (DAST), and software composition analysis (SCA) security tools 
• Knowledge of OWASP ASVS, SCVS, and related verification standards 
• Ability to work collaboratively in a highly distributed team 
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to business stakeholders 
• A passion for security 

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