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Principal Product Security Engineer

Navy Federal Credit Union Winchester, VA

Winchester, VA

1d ago

Full time Senior Application Security Application Security Engineering

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Job Description

Navy Federal Credit Union is looking for a senior, individual contributor Principal Product Security Engineer to shape how secure software is delivered across the organization. In this onsite role in Winchester, VA, you will define and integrate Secure Software Development Lifecycle (Secure SDLC) practices into Navy Federal’s software delivery workflows, serving as an integration lead between product security expectations and engineering execution.

This position is designed for a partner who can translate security standards and risk expectations into practical engineering requirements, support governance and lifecycle risk decision points, and drive adoption measures that improve developer experience and product security outcomes at scale.

Summary

Principal Product Security Engineer - Secure Development Lifecycle is a senior individual contributor role that defines and integrates Secure SDLC practices into software delivery workflows.
Acts as an integration lead, aligning product security expectations with engineering and technology processes, governance forums, and lifecycle risk decision points.

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 for risk-informed release decisions, communicating product security posture, open risks, exceptions, and required remediation actions to business and technology stakeholders.
Serve as the senior individual contributor integration lead for embedding Secure Development Practice capabilities into 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 to integrate threat modeling, secure coding, application security testing, software composition analysis, API security, software supply chain security, product integrity testing, and risk-based exception handling.
Identify and reduce redundant reviews, unclear handoffs, late-stage security friction, and legacy process steps that do not align with 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 to 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.

Requirements

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.
Experience defining, improving, or integrating secure development lifecycle practices into enterprise software delivery processes.
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.

Technologies

Secure Software Development Lifecycle
Threat modeling
Secure coding
Application security testing
Software composition analysis
API security
Software supply chain security
Vulnerability management
DevSecOps
NIST Secure Software Development Framework
OWASP SAMM
OWASP ASVS
OWASP Top 10
BSIMM
ISO 27001
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Agile
SAFe
DevOps
CI/CD
Product-oriented delivery
Architecture governance
Release management
CISSP
CISM
CSSLP
CCSP
GIAC

Desired Qualifications

Extensive hands-on experience in application security, secure SDLC, software engineering, DevSecOps, enterprise architecture, technology risk, or software delivery governance.
Strong understanding of software delivery practices including Agile, SAFe, DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, product-oriented delivery, architecture governance, and release management.
Advanced degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
Experience with industry frameworks or models such as NIST Secure Software Development Framework, OWASP SAMM, OWASP ASVS, OWASP Top 10, BSIMM, ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, or similar security and software assurance practices.
CISSP, CISM, CSSLP, CCSP, GIAC, cloud security, architecture, Agile, SAFe, or related professional certifications.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Location

Onsite: 141 Security Drive, Winchester, VA 22602

Bank Secrecy Act

Remains cognizant of and adheres to Navy Federal policies and procedures, and regulations pertaining to the Bank Secrecy Act.

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