Product Security Architect

As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.
Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.
Position Details:
Grainger is creating new experiences for our customers through custom software. Offerings such as Grainger.com empower our customers to accomplish their goals by making it easy to interact with Grainger's assortment of MRO products. Grainger's product engineering teams make this happen by adopting modern software development practices to continually improve what we offer our customers.
The mission of the Security Architecture team is to assess risks and create designs which secure our global technology footprint. As a security architect, you will develop the patterns which support our business goals and strategies, focusing on product security.
Your scope of influence includes partnering with product engineering teams. You will influence through leading deep technical discussions with Architects, Engineers, and Product Managers.
You will report to the Sr. Director of Information Security Architecture & Engineering and may be based remotely or at our offices in the Chicago area.
Compensation:
This position is salaried and will pay between $143,000.00 to $238,400.00 with a target bonus of 20%
The range provided is a guideline and not a guarantee of compensation. Other factors that are involved in offer decisions include, and are not limited to: a candidate's experience, qualifications, geographical area, and internal equity of the team.
You Will:

• R esearch and develop architecture frameworks and services which enable product and application security.
• Define the roadmap to integrate security within Grainger's portfolio of custom software solutions.
• Bring a partner mindset to defining security requirements, evaluating architectures, analyzing trade-offs, and recommending solutions.
• Assess risks through threat modeling, design reviews, white-boarding exercises, and evaluating the results of security testing.
• Define integration patterns for security tooling to be utilized by engineering teams as part of their development processes.

You Have:

• 5+ years of technology experience in hands-on software development and architecture
• 3+ years of information security experience ,
• College degree or equivalent industry experience in a technical field
• CISSP of other security or vendor product certifications
• Knowledge of cloud security with AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Knowledge of contemporary software development practices
• Familiarity with security frameworks and industry standards

Rewards and Benefits:
With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger.

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage starts day one
• Paid time off (PTO) days and 6 company holidays per year
• 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period
• Education assistance, including financial counseling, tuition reimbursement and low-cost degree options
• Employee discounts, parental leave, and more

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.