WHAT IS BOX? 

Box is the world’s leading Content Cloud. We are trusted by more than 115K organizations around the world today, including nearly 70% of the Fortune 500 and leaders across deeply regulated industries (such as AstraZeneca, JLL, and Nationwide), to protect their data, fuel collaboration, and power critical workflows with secure, enterprise AI.

By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to continue driving our platform forward. Content powers how we work. It’s the billions of files and information flowing across teams, departments, and key business processes every single day: contracts, invoices, employee records, financials, product specs, marketing assets, and more. Our mission is to bring intelligence to the world of content management and empower our customers to completely transform workflows across their organizations. With the combination of AI and enterprise content, the opportunity has never been greater to transform how the world works together and at Box you will be on the front lines of this massive shift.

Founded in 2005, Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and we have offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU 

Box is looking for a thought leader who can design, implement, and maintain a best-in-class software security posture.

We’re looking for a seasoned software security architect who understands secure software development to design automated and integrated secure development patterns within the development ecosystem and has an understanding of DevSecOps to create tool integration architecture.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Provide subject matter expertise, roadmaps, strategies, reference architectures for application and product security
• Provide thought leadership in the areas of security tool automation, optimization, application vulnerability management and strategies for risk reduction
• Create design of comprehensive architectural patterns for secure development standards for front end, APIs and mobile
• Develop and maintain application security policies, standards, and guidelines, and ensure their adherence across projects.
• Develop strategy to automate software security vulnerability verification within throughout the development process
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional architects to identify application-based vulnerabilities, design secure application architectures, and guide the integration of security measures into the development process
• Create architecture design for tool integrations and implement tooling within CI/CD pipeline, limit manual testing and troubleshooting
• Lead security engineer and software engineer training related to high risk security risks
• Evaluate products for security gaps through threat modeling and pen testing
• Lead M&A security evaluations

WHO YOU ARE 

• You understand secure engineering best practices, can articulate problem statements and propose solutions to both technically savvy and non-technical audiences
• You know the software security secure development best practices specific to development languages and frameworks, know the security tooling landscape and have implemented large scale security programs at organizations with complex application architecture
• You have a growth mindset, push yourself towards excellence and focus on continuous functional improvements
• You are a curious person who looks at problem statements and can clearly propose actionable solutions
• You have a passion for cyber security demonstrated through participation/leadership in conferences, webinars, Capture the Flag (CTF), TryHackMe, Bug Bounty, Submission of CVEs and/or personal projects
• Strong understanding of past, current, and emerging security exploits
• Remote friendly
• Box lives its values, with community and in-person collaboration being a core part of our culture. Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office a minimum of 2 days per week, with a focus on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Your Recruiter will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process.

Requirements

• At least 10+ years experience in software engineering, architecture and software security
• 5+ years previous experience leading large software security initiatives and/or transformations
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10, Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Static Application Security Testing (SAST), API Security Testing Tools, Automated Mobile Testing Tools and Threat Modeling tools
• At least 1 security certification (ex. CISSP, OSCP, GWEB, CEH, GRTP, GWEB)
• Experience with multiple languages such as Java, React, Node JS, PHP, Scala, C and/or Python
• Understand how to detect and prioritize Front End, API’s, Microservices and Container vulnerabilities
• Familiar with common build/automation tooling: ex. Jenkins, GIT

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation. Box strives to respect the dignity and ‎‎independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same ‎‎opportunity to succeed as all other employees. Inclusiveness is core to our culture at Box, and we strive to ensure you get the most from your interview experience.

Box makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please complete this form. Reasonable accommodations may include scheduling adjustments, document dictation and beyond.

Notice to applicants in Los Angeles:  Box, Inc and its related branches will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chair Ordinance.  The Fair Chance Ordinance is provided here. 

Notice to applicants in San Francisco:  Box, Inc and its related branches will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chair Ordinance.  The Fair Chance Ordinance is provided here. 

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