Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

This position is part of the global cybersecurity organization with primary responsibility in Allegion’s products and services.  The successful candidate for this position will work collaboratively and cross-functionally with product development teams to ensure a high standard of quality, security, and data privacy across the full system lifecycle.  The Senior Product Security Software Engineer will have a strong ownership stake to ensure Allegion’s systems are reliable, scalable, high-performing, economical, and secure.  The position reports to the Director of Global Product Cybersecurity.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate with development teams to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities in software designs.
• Use your in-depth knowledge of the secure software development process to help development teams build, deploy, and maintain secure products.
• Aid in security architecture design of cloud, web, and mobile applications to ensure sufficient security in communication, authorization, authentication, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Contribute to security requirements that guide product development toward the achievement of applicable security standards and certifications.
• Investigate emerging security threats, determining applicability to Allegion products and proactively work mitigations with affected teams.
• Participate in solution assessments across the solution lifecycle: concept, design, pre-deployment, post-deployment, end of life.
• Identify and prioritize vulnerability remediations for development teams while being able to explain the importance to stakeholders of widely varied security backgrounds.
• Additional responsibilities may include:
  • Review cloud security posture of Allegion’s product lines in major cloud computing providers like Azure, AWS, and GCP.
  • Develop infrastructure as code teams can deploy to remediate vulnerabilities.
  • Implement a mobile security library the deploys mobile application defenses to be used across Allegion’s portfolio of mobile applications.
  • Perform penetration testing and ethical hacking on Allegion products.
• Approximately 20% travel may be expected.

What You Need to Succeed:

• 4+ years of software, mobile or cloud development experience.
• Demonstrated focus on application security / cybersecurity.
• Hands on experience with AWS and Azure cloud services is highly preferred.
• Experience working with software that supports Internet of Things devices.
• Know how to go beyond generic security vulnerability remediation advice and into applied cybersecurity concepts.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required to influence and partner with all levels across the enterprise on matters of product development, software development and cloud deployment/operations including risk mitigations.
• High degree of learning agility required to quickly gain visibility across Allegion’s global software and product portfolio.
• Highly technical practitioner with working knowledge of delivering secure products and services globally using modern technologies.
• College degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or equivalent education/experience required. Related industry certifications are preferred.

Compensation: This range is provided by Allegion. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience. The expected Base Salary Range: $99,000 to 174,900.  The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:  

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others.  With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”. 
• You value personal well-being and balance, because we do too!  
• You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development.  As we grow, we want you to grow with us.  
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance.  Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!  

What You’ll Get from Us: 

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”    
• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, offering a 6% company match and no vesting period
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Unlimited PTO
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can “serve others, not yourself”   
• Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths testing and coaching

Apply Today! 

Not sure if your experience perfectly aligns with the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification and every single preferred qualification of a job posting. At Allegion, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role.  Join our team of experts today and help us make tomorrow’s world a safer place!

We Celebrate Who We Are! 

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace.  Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do.   We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.

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