Senior Secure SDLC Architect - AI Powered

Navy Federal Credit Union; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking a Product Security Engineer - Secure Development Lifecycle to define and mature secure practices across its software delivery environment. This senior individual contributor leads integration of secure development patterns with ETS and engineering teams to embed security into workflows and lifecycle activities.

You will translate security standards into practical engineering requirements, map security activities to delivery processes, and drive adoption of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Strong understanding of secure development practices including threat modeling, secure coding, application security testing, software composition analysis, API security, software supply chain security, vulnerability management, and risk-based exception handling.
• Extensive hands-on experience translating security requirements, control objectives, or risk expectations into practical engineering processes, workflow guidance, and delivery requirements.
• Demonstrated experience developing process documentation, operating models, workflow diagrams, playbooks, standards, RACI models, implementation guidance, or executive-level recommendations.
• Strong facilitation, analytical thinking, systems thinking, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder influence skills.
• Ability to operate independently as a senior individual contributor and lead complex cross-functional initiatives without direct reporting authority.

Responsibilities

• Define and mature Secure Software Development Lifecycle practices aligned to Navy Federal software delivery processes, operating models, and secure development practices.
• Define and support a pre-production product security scorecard to support risk-informed release decisions, ensuring product security posture, open risks, exceptions, and required remediation actions are clearly communicated to business and technology stakeholders.
• Serve as the senior individual contributor integration lead for embedding Secure Development Practice capabilities into Navy Federal engineering workflows, governance forums, and lifecycle activities.
• Map product security activities to software delivery processes including intake, planning, architecture review, design, development, testing, release, exception management, and operational handoff.
• Establish repeatable process patterns for integrating threat modeling, secure coding, application security testing, software composition analysis, API security, software supply chain security, product integrity testing, and risk-based exception handling into engineering workflows.
• Identify and reduce redundant reviews, unclear handoffs, late-stage security friction, and legacy process steps that are not aligned to Navy Federal software delivery practices.
• Develop Secure SDLC operating models, workflow diagrams, playbooks, process documentation, RACI models, control integration points, and implementation guidance.
• Translate security standards, objectives, and risk expectations into practical engineering requirements and developer-consumable guidance.
• Partner with software engineering, architecture, DevSecOps, Information Security, governance, and risk stakeholders to align secure development practices with enterprise delivery processes.
• Support integration of secure development expectations into architecture governance, delivery boards, exception processes, and lifecycle risk decision points.
• Recommend process improvements that strengthen security outcomes, improve developer experience, increase risk visibility, and enable secure delivery at scale.
• Establish adoption and effectiveness measures that demonstrate Secure SDLC maturity, control integration, developer enablement, reduced friction, and improved product security outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional working sessions, develop executive-ready recommendations, and influence process decisions across security and engineering stakeholders without direct authority.

Skills

Secure SDLC

Threat modeling

Secure coding

APIs security

Vulnerability management

Risk-based decisions

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

OWASP ASVS

NIST frameworks

Job description

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking a Product Security Engineer - Secure Development Lifecycle to define and mature secure practices across its software delivery environment. This senior individual contributor leads integration of secure development patterns with ETS and engineering teams to embed security into workflows and lifecycle activities.

You will translate security standards into practical engineering requirements, map security activities to delivery processes, and drive adoption of