Security Lead – Software Delivery

Swedbank; Sundbybergs kommun; On-site; SEK 530,000 - 993,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Banking offers

Pension plan

Share-based reward program

Health insurance (Baltics)

Health allowance (Sweden)

Job summary

Swedbank is seeking a security-focused leader for the Orchestration Platforms area. You will drive security strategy, embed security into SDLC, CI/CD, and IaC, and partner with product and engineering teams to raise overall security maturity. The role emphasizes pragmatic, hands-on delivery and measurable security outcomes.

Location includes Stockholm with opportunities across the Baltics. The position values collaboration, continuous development, and effective use of AI tools to improve

Qualifications

• Strong experience in application security, DevSecOps, cloud security, or similar areas.
• Hands-on track record embedding security into SDLC and driving improvements from strategy to implementation.
• Ability to define roadmaps, prioritize improvements, and measure security outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve the security strategy for the Orchestration Platforms offering.
• Embed security into SDLC, CI/CD, and IaC practices across engineering teams.
• Partner with Product Owners, Tech Leads, engineers, and security stakeholders to drive improvements.

Skills

Application security

DevSecOps

Cloud security

Kubernetes

Java background

AI tooling

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Are you passionate about improving security in software delivery and driving strategy for security by design in a critical platform area? Then this role in Orchestration Platforms might be exactly what you're looking for.

In Swedbank you have the opportunity to:

• Lead and continuously evolve the security strategy for the Orchestration Platforms offering, while also driving and influencing the combined secure software delivery practices across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Embed security into the SDLC, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code practices, ensuring security is built in from the start and aligned with modern engineering ways of working.
• Partner with Product Owners, Tech Leads, engineers, architects, and security stakeholders to identify risks, prioritize initiatives, and drive security improvements from strategy through implementation.
• Define, implement, and continuously improve security capabilities, controls, and processes, while helping teams understand gaps, measure progress, and raise their overall security maturity.

What is needed in this role:

• Strong experience in application security, DevSecOps, cloud security, or similar areas, with a proven track record of embedding security into software development processes and driving security improvements from strategy to implementation (hands-on).
• Technical expertise in GitHub, secure software delivery and cloud-based environments, preferably including Kubernetes. Ideally you have a background as a software engineer, preferably in Java-based environments.
• Proven ability to define security roadmaps, prioritize improvements, establish meaningful security metrics, and drive measurable outcomes across engineering teams.
• A pragmatic, hands-on, and delivery-focused mindset with the ability to navigate a broad security landscape, challenge existing approaches when needed, and help engineering teams implement practical and effective solutions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence teams, build alignment, and raise security awareness across the organization.
• A proven ability and expectation to actively use AI tools and capabilities in daily work to increase efficiency, improve outcomes, and drive innovation.

With us, you can experience:

• Personal and professional growth through self-leadership and continuous development.
• Meaningful work that positively impacts our workplace, our customers, and society.
• An open and collaborative culture that encourages cross-functional teamwork and provides networking opportunities.
• A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes a balanced and sustainable work-life, with flexible working conditions when suitable for the role.
• Enjoy country-specific benefits, including banking offers, a pension plan, our share-based reward program, health insurance in the Baltics and a health allowance in Sweden.

We look forward to receiving your application by 18.10.2026.

Location: Stockholm, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius

Recruiting manager: Jon Siljehag

If you are to be employed in Estonia, please note that the salary offered for this position ranges from 4400-6600 €gross i.e. before taxes.

If you are to be employed in Latvia, please note that the salary offered for this position ranges from 3900-5900 € gross i.e. before taxes.

If you are to be employed in Lithuania, please note that the salary offered for this position ranges from 4900-7300 € gross i.e. before taxes.

We would like to let you know that a background check may be a part of the process for this role.

Swedbank does not discriminate anybody based on gender, age, sexual orientation or sexual identity, ethnicity, religion or disability - everybody is welcome.