Cybersecurity Advisor

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About Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric's purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all.

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We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.

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Job purpose:

Schneider Electric is searching for a Cyber Security Advisor with a strong foundation in software engineering and developmentfor its Energy Management Business CTO Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence Team.

This role is ideal for a seasoned developer who understands the software lifecycle, is passionate about improving code quality and security, and is eager to drive secure development practices across modern and legacy systems.

The Security Advisor regularly interacts with key stakeholders like representatives from offer development, architecture, regulations, conformity teams and technical leaders as well as stakeholders from the corporate Product Security Office (PSO) within Governance teams to ensure that cybersecurity guidelines and processes are executed in an efficient, effective, and compliant manner.

The ideal candidate will be able to combine process and technical advisory role with assertive engagement and escalation when appropriate.

The idea is not only to have people only consulting and advising, but also "acting like owners" and having an impact in our "shift-left" strategy for "security by design".

Responsibilities:



* • Cybersecurity Integration in Development: Drive initiatives to enhance the overall cyber quality of software products through secure design and coding practices by providing direct support to development teams by assisting then in vulnerabilities triaging.

Act as the Subject Matter Expert to ensure cybersecurity is embedded from the design phase in the Offer development process, supporting both legacy systems and modern cloud-native, agile environments.


* • Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) Enablement: Advise on securing both legacy applications and modern cloud-native architectures using agile methodologies and secure coding practices early in the development lifecycle, integrating security into CI/CD pipelines.

Guide and coach development teams in implementing Secure Development Lifecycle practices such as threat modelling, secure design, secure coding, and security testing leveraging hands-on engineering and software development expertise.


* • Standards Compliance: Support deployment of Secure D...