Senior Principal Engineer, Product Security

Vantive•Plymouth, MN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Sr. Principal Product Security Engineer you will be responsible for designing, building, testing and implementing systems with the primary goal of product security across Vantive’s medical device product portfolio in various operating environments. Prevention of breach of Intellectual Property (IP), Attack surface minimization, preventive security and privacy controls, incident/vulnerability management are some of the focus areas for this position. This role requires deep knowledge of security by design, IoT secure code principles, physical security hardening, and embedded system development. Candidates should have experience in embedded software development with a desire to secure products to be able to protect our customers and patients using our life-sustaining products each day. Success in this role requires a strong understanding and interest in the latest security standards, protocols, products, and systems.

Requirements

Experienced security developer able to interpret and guide software development teams on secure coding practices and application security test report interpretation for various coding languages and operating environments
Strong knowledge of secure software development lifecycle and practices including SAFe/ Agile methodologies for software development
Understanding of security by design principles and architecture level security concepts
Sound understanding and experience in implementing security technologies/techniques such as, Cryptographic Algorithms/Cipher Suites, Public key Infrastructure (PKI), Hardware/embedded authentication protocols, Secure Boot, and data-at-rest encryption methods
Experience implementing OWASP Top10 application security guidelines in embedded systems
Knowledge of embedded system architecture and security controls (e.g., firewall and border router configurations, wireless communication architectures, messaging authentication protocols
Experienced in generating, defining, and reviewing penetration test results through knowledge standard methodologies and tools including environmental configuration definition, security analysis, threat modeling, and system security audits
Knowledge of current and emerging security threats and techniques for exploiting security vulnerabilities
Exposure to international privacy requirements & cross-industry trends
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field or equivalent demonstrated experience and knowledge
Minimum 8+ years of experience in software development or related fields.
Minimum 5 years technical experience working with product security design/development for embedded systems
3 years working with each of the following: Experience with C/C++, Python, Linux and/or security design within real-time operating systems
Experience analyzing, interpreting, and mitigating security findings from multiple sources including SAST, DAST, SCA and penetration tests
Embedded data at rest security implementations including Code Signing, Secure boot, and flash encryption implementations
Embedded/IoT wired and wireless secure networking implementations within multiple layers of the OSI stack
IoT/Embedded PKI solutions and implementation

Responsibilities

Work directly with embedded software developers in building a security by design mindset by defining implementations and coding inline with the Application Security Program mandates
Implement embedded secure code solutions, design patterns, and coding guidelines that meet security and privacy requirements defined in the security plans, risk assessments, policies, and procedures
Support security project governance through scheduling activities, planning and prioritization
Proactively drive security solutions implementation in-alignment with the development leads, security architects and product owner(s)
Drive feature implementations in line with the architecture via designs, coding, reviews and tests.
Perform Proof of Concept (POC) activities as necessary
Review, Analyze and mitigate SAST, DAST, SCA and penetration test findings in collaboration with the developers for various electromechanical medical devices product lifecycles
Review current software security control measures and implement security enhancements across multiple medical devices
Participate in post-market product analysis to support vulnerability investigations as required as well as be engaged in continuous security monitoring