Application Security Assurance Associate

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

The Impact you will have in this role:

Technology Risk Management (TRM) is responsible for setting strategic direction in the areas of IT Risk and Information Security. Maintains corporate security policies and control standards, acts as a second line of defense via a robust collection of risk and control assessments, reports to leadership and the Board on the status of the IT Risk and Information Security Programs, acts as an operational arm for monitoring threat intelligence, understanding when threats are being targeted against the firm, and responding to potential incidents, and serves as the main interface for Regulatory and Client reviews that focus on IT Risk and Information Security. The Application Security Assurance program implements a variety of AppSec (Application Security) technologies, controls, tools and processes to ensure delivery teams are able to adhere and align with the Secure System Development Lifecycle to protect DTCC applications from exisiting and emerging security risks & improve application risk posture.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Set up, customize, and maintainSAST tools(e.g., SonarQube, Fortify, Checkmarx, Veracode) to align with project-specific requirements.
• Performmanual and automated code reviewsto identify and advise on secure coding issues.
• Integrate SAST tools intoCI/CD pipelines(Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.) to support shift-left security.
• Work with development teams tofine-tune SAST rules, reduce false positives, and ensure meaningful results.
• Assist developers in understanding and fixing security issues by providing actionable feedback.
• Implement basic security checks forInfrastructure as Code (IaC)and secrets detection in repositories.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensuresecurity tooling is seamlessly embeddedinto build and deployment workflows.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• Fosters a culture where honesty and transparency are expected.
• Stays current on changes in his/her own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up-to-date.
• Collaborates well within and across teams.
• Communicates openly with team members and others.
• Resolves disagreements between colleagues effectively, minimizing the impact on the wider team.

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