Company Description:

McDonald’s new growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonald’s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive Thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway.

Leading this tech revolution is McDonald’s Global Technology organization made up of intrapreneurs who get to build really cool tech with scary smart people using the latest innovations like AI, IOT, and edge computing. We do this working along diverse, global teams who are always hungry for a challenge. It’s bonus points when you get to see your family and friends use the tech you build at their favorite McD restaurant.

This role will collaborate closely with cybersecurity experts, market leads, project managers, and Global Technology Solutions teams to ensure the reliable and efficient operation of McDonald’s security services. In addition, this role will be responsible for managing and collaborating with the support teams that handle tickets and other operational tasks for McDonald’s security services. This person will work closely with others in Global Technology Risk Management and other areas of Global Technology to ensure that our services are meeting the needs of markets, application teams, and other stakeholders.

Check out the Global Technology Technical Blog to learn how technology is directly enabling the Accelerating the Arches strategy.

Job Description:

McDonald’s is seeking a Manager - Application Security to support our cybersecurity team as we protect our customers and the McDonald’s brand. You will develop and lead an application security program that is designed to ensure that all developed software meets exacting McDonald’s standards while enabling continued innovation to meet customers’ needs.

McDonald’s is investing heavily in technology to drive our growth. We’re looking at how to use technology to improve the customer experience and build new customer experiences. We’re also exploring technologies that can help us reduce or eliminate repetitive tasks and make employees’ jobs ultimately exciting. With all the new projects and initiatives, it is a dynamic era in our cybersecurity growth, helping to make a safer and Better McDonald's!

The Manager of Application Security must set high-level strategy and direction for those performing these daily activities and clear expectations, goals, and requirements that must be acquired as a measure of success. This position will work closely with cybersecurity authorities, Global Technology teams, suppliers, and business leaders to define cybersecurity controls that protect McDonald’s assets and critical technology.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and lead a distributed team of application security experts.

• Collaborate with internal and external product and development teams to integrate security tools, standards, and processes into the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC).

• Partner with our front-end digital channel development teams (mobile, web, etc.), back-end platform development teams (Point-of-Sale, eCommerce Platform, etc.), and security service delivery teams to triage and develop plans for remediation of application threats and vulnerabilities, at a global scale.

• Create and maintain documentation pertaining to integrated security processes and controls.

• Provide recommendations on Information Security policies and defining governance procedures for secure application development.

• Craft and deploy application security tools, processes, and documentation to support alignment with OWASP Top 10, Industry Standards, Current Events, and Best-Practices.

• Ensure that developers and QA personnel have the appropriate level of security knowledge and support to perform their daily activities.

• Develop and maintain a technical roadmap to ensure the platform remains relevant among the constantly evolving threat environment.

• Translate the technical roadmap to product leadership to help them better understand how security threats and control technology will affect their business objectives.

• Support the development and testing of playbooks that prepare Application Security to respond to possible security incidents.

• Stay up to date on emerging threats and potential impact to our cyber ecosystem

   

Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or other related fields.

• Leadership experience with IT Security management.

• 4+ years of professional experience in Application Security or Application Architecture.

• Experience with multiple objected oriented coding programming languages, and front-end frameworks as well.

Desired skills:

• Experienced in key compliance and IT frameworks such as SAMM, Payment Card Industry (PCI), GDPR, CCPA, Sarbanes-Oxley, SAS-70s, HIPAA, ISO27001.

• Familiarity with complex multinational companies and distributed business models.

• Solid ability to develop strategic direction and long-term objectives without supervision.

• Confirmed social skills with the ability to translate complex technical issues or concepts to non-technical audiences in a clear and concise manner that focuses on business value.

• Proficient in technical writing and creation of policies, standards, procedures and guidelines.

• Ability to interpret and understand business needs and convey such issues to information security teams.

• Demonstrable ability to quickly identify project objectives and define optimal project approach to align security controls with overall program success.

Additional Information:

McDonald’s is committed to providing qualified individuals with reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of their jobs. Additionally, if you (or another applicant of whom you are aware) require assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise seek assistance in the application process, please contact recruiting.supportteam@us.mcd.com

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