Senior Container Security Engineer — Hybrid Role

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Roseland (NJ); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement savings plan

Wellness program

Paid time off

Job summary

ADP’s Global Security Organization (GSO) seeks a Senior Container Application Security Engineer to design, implement, and manage container security scanning services. You will partner with stakeholders to assess risks and govern secure container image usage before production.

Join a team protecting ADP’s products and data through secure DevOps integration, risk governance, and continuous improvement across cloud and on‑prem environments. Hybrid role in Roseland, NJ or Alpharetta, GA.

Qualifications

• Five years or more experience in various IT or cybersecurity roles, with three or more years of experience specifically in software engineering.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of container security and related risks.
• Familiarity with internet technologies and web development best practices.
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and basic cross-functional knowledge across multiple development and security disciplines.
• Ability to communicate security-related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and container & cloud security.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and design patterns.
• Good analytic skills, including qualitative and quantitative data analysis to support and defend data-driven decision-making regarding system threats, vulnerabilities, and risk.
• Any of the following are a plus but not necessary: CEH, CISSP, CSSLP, GCIA, GPEN, GWAPT

Responsibilities

• Drive container security operations and supply chain risk initiatives across ADP’s different business units.
• Build and support security into the DevOps pipelines and help institutionalize the security scanning of container images in line with shift left strategy.
• Provide support for managing supply chain vulnerabilities, image provenance, adversarial container security, and governance risk, and compliance (GRC)
• Assist in developing solutions to generate a Container Security Bill of Materials (CSBom) and Vulnerability Exchange (VEX)
• Promote a culture around secure container development through training, governance, and metrics.
• Maintain awareness of container cybersecurity threats and best practices to enable securing and hardening at scale.
• Customize policies, rules, and alerts to comply with established policies and settings.
• Bring technical SME knowledge into the program and drive excellence.
• Metrics/Reporting
• Identify meaningful KPIs/KRI’s to drive progress and improvement
• Provide weekly Scanning and Monitoring reports.
• Create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Container security

DevOps pipelines

Vulnerability management

Security governance

CI/CD tooling

Security training

Communication

Cloud security

Secure coding

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

OCI

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Rally

JIRA

Artifactory

Nexus

SonarQube

Snyk

Job description

ADP’s Global Security Organization (GSO) seeks a Senior Container Application Security Engineer to design, implement, and manage container security scanning services. You will partner with stakeholders to assess risks and govern secure container image usage before production.

Join a team protecting ADP’s products and data through secure DevOps integration, risk governance, and continuous improvement across cloud and on‑prem environments. Hybrid role in Roseland, NJ or Alpharetta, GA.