Senior Manager, Information Security Architecture & Engineering (R13753)

Oportun is a mission-driven financial services company that helps members achieve their financial goals through borrowing, savings, and budgeting capabilities. The Senior Manager, Information Security Architecture & Engineering will lead security architecture and engineering efforts across platforms, applications, data, identity, access, and vulnerabilities while managing a team and embedding security into development and operations.

Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain secure application and infrastructure architecture frameworks, ensuring security is built-in from the outset
• Partner with engineering, DevOps, and technology teams to integrate security into SDLC, CI/CD, and data pipelines
• Own and oversee the vulnerability management program, ensuring risk-based remediation across all technology assets
• Enhance and scale an existing security design review service, providing structured security assessments for new and evolving systems and data
• Advocate for security as a service, building tools and processes that streamline secure development and system operations
• Act as a security advisor to engineering and technology operations, ensuring security aligns with business goals
• Collaborate with the Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team to align technical security requirements with regulatory and commercial requirements
• Champion a security-first culture, ensuring technical execution teams understand security risks, standards and best practices

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in security architecture, application security, infrastructure security, or related domains
• Strong background in cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevSecOps, and/or data security
• Experience leading a globally distributed team across time zones which relies heavily on asynchronous working and collaboration methods
• Experience leading and developing globally distributed security teams with a focus on professional growth and collaboration
• Experience designing security controls for data flows and distributed computing environments
• Hands-on expertise of secure software development practices, security testing methodologies, and threat modeling
• Strong cross-functional leadership with the ability to communicate security risks effectively to engineering, IT, and business stakeholders
• Experience of security frameworks and regulations (e.g., NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, GLBA)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field
• Expertise in application security testing, threat modeling, bug bounty programs, and software security assessments
• Expertise in identity & access management (IAM), encryption, authentication, logging, and monitoring architectures
• Experience with GitHub, Wiz, Sentinel One and Okta
• Security certifications (CISSP, CISM, OSCP, AWS Security Specialty, or similar)
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Security or related field