Open Source Software LEAD Security Engineer - Software Supply Chain

Socket.dev; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k plan

Paid holidays

Sick days

Pension plan

Job summary

Truist Financial Corporation in Charlotte, NC seeks an Open Source Software Lead Security Engineer to own OSS security across governance, tooling, automation, and risk reduction within the software development lifecycle.

You will partner with CI/CD, DevSecOps, application security, and engineering teams to ensure open source components and pipelines are approved, monitored, and remediated, enabling secure enterprise delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Deep specialized knowledge in cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Extensive experience in software development lifecycle security practices.
• Expertise in threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
• Proven experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop security engineers, analysts, and contractors responsible for OSS governance and software supply chain security initiatives.
• Define policies, standards, and control requirements for approved OSS usage, dependency hygiene, SBOM generation, secure package sourcing, and risk management.
• Establish processes for OSS intake, approval, tracking, ownership, version management, vulnerability remediation, end-of-life retirement, and exception governance.
• Work with CI/CD and platform teams to design automated security gates for OSS usage, dependency scanning, license checks, artifact validation, and policy-based blocking of high-risk components.
• Identify and reduce risks related to vulnerable dependencies, malicious packages, dependency confusion, typosquatting, and compromised maintainers.

Job description

Regular or Temporary: Regular

Language Fluency: English (Required)

Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

The Open Source Software (OSS) Lead Security Engineer owns the practical execution of open source software security across governance, engineering workflows, tooling, automation, and risk reduction. The role combines security program leadership with hands-on technical delivery to build secure-by-default OSS lifecycle capabilities and reduce software supply chain exposure.

Responsibility for OSS security governance, software supply chain security, engineering enablement, CI/CD control integration, and proactive management of dependency, build, package, artifact, and provenance risks. The Open Source Software and Software Supply Chain Security Lead Engineer is responsible for defining and operating enterprise governance, standards, processes, and preventative controls that enable the secure use of open source software and reduce software supply chain risk across the software development lifecycle. This role partners closely with CI/CD, DevSecOps, application security, engineering, platform, and risk teams to ensure open source components, build pipelines, artifacts, package sources, and release processes are approved, continuously monitored, remediated, and safely integrated into enterprise applications and delivery pipelines.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• Team Leadership and Talent Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of security engineers, analysts, and contractors responsible for open source software governance and software supply chain security initiatives. Establish goals, drive accountability, provide ongoing coaching, and support career development to build a high-performing security organization.

• Governance and Standards: Define policies, standards, and control requirements for approved open source usage, dependency hygiene, SBOM generation, secure package sourcing, and software supply chain risk management.

• Secure OSS Lifecycle Management: Establish processes for OSS intake, approval, tracking, ownership, version management, vulnerability remediation, end-of-life component retirement, and exception governance.

• CI/CD Preventative Controls: Work with CI/CD and platform engineering teams to design and implement automated security gates for curated OSS usage, dependency scanning, license checks, artifact validation, provenance controls, build-time enforcement, and policy-based blocking of high-risk components.

• Software Supply Chain Risk Reduction: Identify and reduce risks related to vulnerable dependencies, malicious packages, dependency confusion, typosquatting, compromised maintainers, insecure build artifacts, and unauthorized package sources.

• Software Supply Chain Security: Establish controls for trusted package sources, dependency provenance, build integrity, artifact signing, repository hygiene, tamper resistance, and secure release practices.

• Threat Response and Incident Detection: Establish capabilities to rapidly identify, assess, and respond to open source supply chain threats, malicious package campaigns, zero-day vulnerabilities, compromised dependencies, and software supply chain security incidents.

• Tooling and Automation: Support the deployment, tuning, and integration of software composition analysis, SBOM, package repository, vulnerability management, and developer workflow tools.

• Risk Reporting and Metrics: Develop reporting that measures OSS risk posture, remediation velocity, policy exceptions, adoption of preventative controls, and reduction of high-risk dependencies.

• Developer Enablement: Create guidance, playbooks, reusable patterns, and consultation models that help engineering teams make secure open source decisions early in the lifecycle.

• Resource and Program Management: Manage and prioritize work across both full-time teammates and contracted resources, ensuring effective execution of software supply chain security objectives, operational activities, risk remediation efforts, and strategic initiatives. Coordinate resources, budgets, vendor relationships, and project deliverables to achieve business outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.

• Deep specialized knowledge in cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.

• Extensive experience in software development lifecycle security practices.

• Expertise in threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.

• Proven experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing technical cybersecurity, DevSecOps, application security, or software supply chain security teams, including direct supervision of full-time employees, contractors, and cross-functional technical resources. Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing teams while driving strategic security outcomes.

• Advanced cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CEH, GIAC).

• Experience with security automation, orchestration, and advanced threat detection tools.

• Familiarity with emerging cybersecurity technologies, industry trends, and strategic risk management.

• Experience in application security, software supply chain security, DevSecOps, vulnerability management, secure engineering, or related cybersecurity functions.

• Strong understanding of open source software governance, dependency management, SBOM, SCA, secure SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, and software supply chain threats.

• Working knowledge of relevant security and software supply chain frameworks and standards, including OWASP, NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF), Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA), and related secure development guidance.

• Experience applying software supply chain security practices, including provenance, build integrity, artifact signing, secure package repositories, dependency trust, and CI/CD pipeline hardening.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms, source code management, package managers, build systems, artifact repositories, and developer workflows.

• Experience with scripting or automation using languages such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar.

• Ability to partner directly with engineering, platform, cloud, risk, audit, and compliance stakeholders to explain risk clearly and provide practical remediation guidance.

• Ability to translate technical risk into executive-ready reporting, measurable outcomes, and actionable remediation plans.

The annual base salary for this position is $160,000 - $200,000. Additional incentive pay is available for this position.

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation:

All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• disability
• accidental death and dismemberment
• tax-preferred savings accounts
• a 401k plan to teammates
• no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment
• 10 sick days (also prorated)
• paid holidays
• Truist's defined benefit pension plan
• restricted stock units
• deferred compensation plan

For more details on Truist's generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist's defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.

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