Head of Solution Security - remote

SUSE
Posted 3 years ago
SUSE is a growing company with great products, a culture that fosters openness and friendship, and where many opportunities exist.

Software product and solution security is the most important building block of the global IT ecosystem. Our Solution Security &Release Engineering Department is looking for a Head of Solution Security who can lead a team of project managers and security engineers to provide security updates and implement a secure development program.

Location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive SUSE’s product and solution security

  • Lead a team of project managers and security engineers

  • Connect with various parts of our company to improve overall software security, customer experience, and security-related communication

  • Run and improve product security centered emergency processes and related business processes

  • Communication with government agencies (US, German)

  • Communication with external and internal (technical) customers

  • Occasional international business trips

  • Present at conferences

  • Fulfill our key performance indicators

  • Deliver project results within budget, quality, and time

Candidate Profile

  • 10 years of experience with software product security

  • Experience with leading diverse and distributed teams as a people manager

  • An academic degree (Master/Bachelor or comparable) in a relevant field

  • Experience with Information Security Management Systems (ISMS, ISO 27001)

  • A broad network of cybersecurity leaders across the IT industry, academia, &government agencies

  • Self-motivated and self-organized

  • Very good understanding of the Linux operating system

  • Very good communication skills

  • Highly proficient in spoken and written English

What makes us different

  • You will find and can connect to highly skilled engineers at SUSE

  • We provide many different products and endless opportunities to learn

  • We help our employees to develop

  • Our work environment is creative and productive

  • You can work with and within an international team

  • Our working hours are as flexible as possible

  • We organize regular events (hackathons, worksh