Job 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

We are seeking a Manager – Application Security to support our cybersecurity team as we protect our customers and the brand. You will develop and lead an application security program that is designed to ensure that all developed software meets exacting company standards while enabling continued innovation to meet customers’ constantly evolving needs. Furthermore, this role partners with multi-functional regional teams to understand the business and technology needs of product teams and to support the implementation of solutions that can be applied globally through common frameworks, deployment guidelines and standards.

We are 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 more exciting and rewarding. With all the new projects and initiatives, it is an exciting time to be on the cybersecurity team, helping to make a safer and better organization!

Qualifications

Global Technology Risk Management (GTRM) is the team that is ultimately responsible for the securing of the company’s information assets at a global level. This role will directly manage the group within GTRM that is responsible for our cybersecurity architecture vision and strategy, ensuring our technology products and services are protected against current industry threats.

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 obtained as a measure of success. This position will work closely with cybersecurity experts, Global Technology teams, suppliers, and business leaders to define cybersecurity controls that protect our assets and critical technology.

Responsibilities:

• Mentor and lead a global team of application security professionals.
• 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.
• You will 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 ever changing 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.
• Establish a governance framework to benchmark the state of said program and the performance of development teams against our current program.
• Stay up to date on the latest threats and the impacts to the ecosystem and lead brown-bag lunch-n-learns to share details on the latest threats and impacts to McD landscape.

Benefits eligible: Yes

Bonus eligible: Yes

Long term incentive eligible: Yes

The expected salary range for this role is $129,800.00 to 165,490.00/ per year

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factor

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or other related fields. Preference will be given to an MBA from an accredited university along with an undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in technical area.
• Must have experience with SAST, DAST and SCA
• Leadership experience with IT Security management.
• 4+ years of professional experience in Application Security or Application Architecture.

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with complex multinational companies and distributed business models.
• Strong ability to develop strategic direction and long-term objectives without supervision.
• Confirmed interpersonal 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.
• Experience in any of the following tools & languages would be helpful: SonarQube, BurpSuite, Veracode (very important), JFrog Xra, and Snyk // Languages: Java, C#, C++, Visual Basic, Kotlin, Swift, React
• Demonstrable ability to quickly identify project objectives and define optimal project approach to align security controls with overall program success.

Additional Information

Benefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, adoption assistance program, educational assistance program, flexible ways of working, and time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO). Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment.

Bonus eligible: This position is eligible for a bonus, calculated based on individual and company performance.

Long term Incentive eligible: This position is eligible for stock or other equity grants pursuant to McDonald’s long-term incentive plan.

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