Security Lead – Software Delivery

Are you passionate about improving security in software delivery and driving strategy for security by design in a critical platform area? Then this role in Orchestration Platforms might be exactly what you’re looking for.

In Swedbank you have the opportunity to:

• Lead and continuously evolve the security strategy for the Orchestration Platforms offering, while also driving and influencing the combined secure software delivery practices across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Embed security into the SDLC, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code practices, ensuring security is built in from the start and aligned with modern engineering ways of working.
• Partner with Product Owners, Tech Leads, engineers, architects, and security stakeholders to identify risks, prioritize initiatives, and drive security improvements from strategy through implementation.
• Define, implement, and continuously improve security capabilities, controls, and processes, while helping teams understand gaps, measure progress, and raise their overall security maturity.

• Strong experience in application security, DevSecOps, cloud security, or similar areas, with a proven track record of embedding security into software development processes and driving security improvements from strategy to implementation (hands-on).
• Technical expertise in GitHub, secure software delivery and cloud-based environments, preferably including Kubernetes. Ideally you have a background as a software engineer, preferably in Java-based environments.
• Proven ability to define security roadmaps, prioritize improvements, establish meaningful security metrics, and drive measurable outcomes across engineering teams.
• A pragmatic, hands-on, and delivery-focused mindset with the ability to navigate a broad security landscape, challenge existing approaches when needed, and help engineering teams implement practical and effective solutions
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence teams, build alignment, and raise security awareness across the organization.
• A proven ability and expectation to actively use AI tools and capabilities in daily work to increase efficiency, improve outcomes, and drive innovation.

• Personal and professional growth through self-leadership and continuous development.
• Meaningful work that positively impacts our workplace, our customers, and society.
• An open and collaborative culture that encourages cross-functional teamwork and provides networking opportunities.
• A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes a balanced and sustainable work-life, with flexible working conditions when suitable for the role.
• Enjoy country-specific benefits, including banking offers, a pension plan, our share-based reward program, health insurance in the Baltics and a health allowance in Sweden.