Director, Container Security & Software Supply Chain

ADP, Inc.; Roseland (NJ); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 304,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Coverage

Retirement Savings

Wellness Program

Paid Time Off

Job summary

ADP, Inc. is seeking a Director of Container Application Security to lead design, implementation, and governance of container security across ADP’s product ecosystems in a hybrid role based in Alpharetta, GA or Roseland, NJ.

The role emphasizes shift-left security in DevSecOps, vulnerability remediation, KPI reporting, and collaboration with technology teams to secure cloud deployments and Kubernetes environments.

Qualifications

• Ten years or more experience in various IT or cybersecurity roles with 3+ years leadership experience in multi-cloud computing and containerized environments, specifically secure operation in Kubernetes
• Experience leading efforts in Container Application Security programs
• Deep knowledge and understanding of application security vulnerabilities (OWASP SANS,)
• Understanding CI/CD pipelines covering source control, integration, and deployment (ex: Bitbucket, Jenkins, Rally, JIRA, Artifactory, Nexus, SonarQube, git)
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills and cross functional knowledge across multiple development and security disciplines.
• Understanding of Container Security Scanning, Application Security Test Automation tools and frameworks such as SAST, DAST, IAST, Container Application Security testing, and Burp Suite
• Knowledge in securing cloud deployment and containers (familiarity with Ansible, Chef, DeMisto, Docker, Helm, and/or Kubernetes)
• Understanding of advanced iterative Agile and container & cloud security
• Familiarity with micro services architecture and design Patterns
• Excellent analytic skills, including qualitative and quantitative data analysis to support and defend data-driven decision-making regarding system threats, vulnerabilities, and risk
• Experience in an enterprise environment orchestrating multiple pods and containers.
• Hands-on experience with container security tools such as Snyk, Chainguard, Grype, Prisma (Twistlock), or StackRox
• Experience with other cloud container solutions, such as Docker, Containered, or Rancher
• Experience configuring disaster recovery (DR) environments.
• Previous software engineering/architecture experience (Java, C#,.Net, JavaScript) preferred
• Some experience with development of RESTful and SOAP web services preferred
• Any of the following are a plus but not necessary: CEH, CISSP, CSSLP, GCIA, GPEN, GWAPT,

Responsibilities

• Drive container application security including supply chain risk initiatives across ADP’s different business units.
• Institutionalize the container security scanning of images in line with shift left strategy in DevSecOps.
• Manage supply chain, container application security vulnerability remediation flow.
• Develop and maintain the roadmap for container security & supply chain risk.
• Customize policies, rules, and alerts to comply with established policies and settings.
• Drive culture around secure application development through effective training, governance, and metrics
• Bring thought leadership into the program and drive excellence.
• Manage the project timelines and delivery.
• Maintain awareness of Kubernetes cybersecurity threats and best practices to enable securing and hardening Kubernetes clusters at scale
• Metrics/Reporting
• Identify meaningful KPIs/KRI’s to drive progress, improvement & improvement.
• Create dashboards to monitor significant events, traffic and data collection.
• Provide weekly Scanning and Monitoring reports.
• Create weekly, monthly and in-progress review presentations, as needed.
• Create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Establish strong partnership with key stakeholders in technology and product organizations.
• Manage communication upwards, downwards, and horizontally.

Skills

Container security

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Java

C#

JavaScript

Python

Cloud security

Security architectures

Vulnerability remediation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Snyk

Chainguard

Grype

Prisma (Twistlock)

StackRox

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Job description

ADP, Inc. is seeking a Director of Container Application Security to lead design, implementation, and governance of container security across ADP’s product ecosystems in a hybrid role based in Alpharetta, GA or Roseland, NJ.

The role emphasizes shift-left security in DevSecOps, vulnerability remediation, KPI reporting, and collaboration with technology teams to secure cloud deployments and Kubernetes environments.