SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
JOB SUMMARY
As a Senior Application Security Compliance Lead, you will help strengthen SMBC's application security program by ensuring security findings are identified, prioritized, and addressed before code is released to production. You will work closely with software engineers, security teams, and technology leaders to improve secure development practices and reduce application risk. This role is well suited for someone with a strong technical background who can review code, explain security issues clearly, and guide remediation efforts across a diverse technology environment.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Partner with application development teams to review security findings and drive timely remediation of vulnerabilities identified through security testing activities.
• Monitor and support application security scanning programs, including SAST, SCA, DAST, IAST, and container security assessments.
• Review code across multiple programming languages and explain security risks, root causes, and remediation approaches to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with application security, security architecture, and development teams to improve secure software development practices and threat mitigation strategies.
• Work with vulnerability management teams to validate findings, track remediation progress, and ensure compliance with established service level agreements (SLAs).
• Create and deliver reports and presentations that communicate application security posture, trends, risks, and remediation progress to leadership.
• Perform targeted manual validation and testing of security findings, including vulnerability and penetration testing results when needed.
• Contribute to process improvements, documentation, automation, and application security program maturity initiatives.
POSITION SPECIFICATIONS
• 5+ years of experience in application security, application penetration testing, or a related cybersecurity discipline.
• 5+ years of experience with Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), or similar application security technologies.
• Strong knowledge of secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) principles, OWASP Top 10, CWE, and common application security threats and mitigations.
• Experience managing vulnerability remediation programs and engaging development teams to improve security outcomes.
• Strong ability to read, analyze, and explain code-level security issues and remediation approaches.
• Experience with one or more programming languages such as C#, C++, Java, Python, or .NET technologies.
• Ability to develop remediation examples, automation scripts, and tooling to support cybersecurity initiatives.
• Experience integrating security controls within CI/CD pipelines to improve code quality and vulnerability detection.
• Experience with securing containerized environments and addressing container security risks.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence for project tracking, documentation, and collaboration.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to create and maintain clear process documentation.
NICE TO HAVE
• Experience building or leading security champion programs.
• Experience with application security awareness and developer outreach initiatives.
• Bug bounty participation or application penetration testing experience.
• Experience presenting security metrics and program updates to senior leadership.
SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.