Product Security Leader — Secure-by-Design & Strategy

Booz Allen Hamilton; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 143,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Houston seeks a Product Security Senior Manager to grow and lead the Product Security practice within the Commercial Team. You will define standards, shape strategy, and partner with market and sales to win and secure client projects across the full product development lifecycle.

You will lead security posture assessments, mentor engineers, translate risk into remediation, and drive secure-by-design practices. Travel up to 30% may be required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading teams in Product Security.
• 5+ years in application or product development and developing, architecting, and implementing software security solutions.
• 3+ years of experience securing embedded systems, physical products, or hardware environments.
• 1+ years of experience with reverse engineering tools such as Ghidra or IDA Pro.
• Experience across SDLC, including vulnerability management considerations and modern development tools and frameworks.
• Experience developing and securing software with code scanning tools and CI/CD pipelines and the integration of common products and solutions into production environments.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities and prevention techniques and technology, security, risk, and compliance best practices.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Lead security posture assessments of development and operational systems, provide recommendations and remediation plans.
• Implement tools, technologies, and processes to enhance product security across the development lifecycle.
• Educate and influence client software and product engineering teams on cybersecurity best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to shape the Product Security program and its standards and requirements.

Skills

Product Security leadership

App security development

Embedded security

Reverse engineering

SDLC management

CI/CD security

OWASP Top10

Travel up to 30%

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton in Houston seeks a Product Security Senior Manager to grow and lead the Product Security practice within the Commercial Team. You will define standards, shape strategy, and partner with market and sales to win and secure client projects across the full product development lifecycle.

You will lead security posture assessments, mentor engineers, translate risk into remediation, and drive secure-by-design practices. Travel up to 30% may be required.