Sr. Engineer, Application and Product Security

Job Summary
The Sr. Engineer, Application and Product Security is primarily responsible for assisting and facilitating support on certification activities related to IEC62443, UL2900, ISO 27001, SOC-2, FedRamp, NIST 800-171 etc. and to maintain Vertiv SECURE requirements and Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) up to date with these and other industry standards / frameworks as needed. 

The Senior Engineer will be responsible for interfacing with respective stakeholders from different business functions viz. GRC, IT, Admin, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering and Application teams. They will be responsible for ensuring that Vertiv products and applications (which are getting sold to end customer) are achieving required certifications and ensuring Engineering teams and Application owners stay in compliance with the security expectations of the global organization. The Senior Engineer will be expected to stay current with the latest security best practices, frameworks, industry standards that can be deployed in Vertiv Secure requirements and SSDF. They should also have experience in communicating clearly and concisely the requirements, expectations, and should be able to work closely with different stakeholders from varied business functions.

This position will be primarily based out of Vertiv’s World Headquarters building in Westerville, Ohio and will consistently work under the guidance and processes of global security and will support all the regional as well as global business functions. The Senior Engineer will be expected to use their knowledge and experience to further develop internal security best practices and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Support certification activities for products and applications against various industry frameworks, such as, IEC62443, UL2900, ISO27001, SOC-2, FedRamp, NIST 800-171, etc.
• Align and update the Vertiv SECURE requirements and SSDF with industry standards.  This includes making edits to the associated policies, standards, and process documents.
• Facilitate the approval process for making changes to SECURE and SSDF.
• Assist engineering, development and offering teams with understanding the SECURE requirements and facilitate guiding them through the SECURE process.
• Work with procurement and supply chain teams to ensure SECURE requirements are included in contracts with vendors and answer questions from vendors on the SECURE requirements.
• Support attaining higher maturity levels by guiding teams on best practices, policies, and standards. 
• Work with IT GRC and support answering customer questionnaires regarding the security processes and details of the products and applications.
• Responsible for ensuring that Vertiv products and applications are achieving required security related certifications.
• The Senior Engineer will be expected to stay current with the latest security best practices, frameworks, and industry standards that can be deployed in the SECURE requirements and SSDF.
• Experience in communicating clearly and concisely the requirements, expectations, and should be able to work closely with different stakeholders from varied business functions.
• Complete support in preparing various reports, presentations, etc. on secure certifications or other activities outlined before as per the business needs and requirements.
• Should be a good team member, work closely with all the team members regionally and globally and drive continuous improvement in processes and procedures.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related Engineering fields.  
• Seven or more years’ experience (7+ years) working in IT, Engineering or Security.
• At least three (3+ years) of those seven years working in Product Security with various industry frameworks and certification efforts.  
• Experience with IEC 62443 and embedded devices preferred.
• Experience with pentesting embedded devices a plus.
• Ability to interact with a broad cross-section of personnel to articulate and enforce security measures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as business acumen.
• Strong leadership, vision, effective communication, and goal oriented.
• Strong ability to establish partnerships and influence change and achieve results within dynamic environment.
• Strong and meaningful contribution towards processes, frameworks, standards and policies and continuous improvements.

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities. 

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS:  Safety.  Integrity.  Respect.  Teamwork.  Diversity & Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

•  Customer Focus

•  Operational Excellence

•  High-Performance Culture

•  Innovation

•  Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS

•  Own It

•  Act With Urgency

•  Foster a Customer-First Mindset

•  Think Big and Execute

•  Lead by Example

•  Drive Continuous Improvement

•  Learn and Seek Out Development

About Vertiv

Vertiv is a $6.9 billion global critical infrastructure and data center technology company.  We ensure customers’ vital applications run continuously by bringing together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services.  Our portfolio includes power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.      

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