Ikano Bank - Security Champion

At Ikano Bank, we believe work should feel meaningful and inspiring. Together, we create a great place to work where people are

inspired to be the best they can be while contributing to a better life for our customers and the long-term success of the Bank.

Guided by our Swedish heritage and values, common sense and simplicity, working together and daring to be different - we keep

things straightforward and down-to-earth.

If you like the idea of being part of a team that works hard, enjoys solving challenges together and dares to do things a little

differently, you will feel right at home here.

Digital is the driving force behind the bank’s technology and innovation. We deliver secure, reliable and competitive products

that keep the bank ahead, while enabling growth and expansion into new markets. Digital is not just about keeping systems running

• it is about shaping the future of banking. This is where technology meets opportunity, and where talent drives global impact.

In this role, you will take ownership of the Application Security domain and work closely with development teams to ensure that

applications and code released into production are built with security by design.

This is a hands-on technical role where you will combine deep application security knowledge with close collaboration across

development, DevOps and cybersecurity teams. You will act as a Security Champion within the organization - supporting, challenging

and guiding teams in secure software development practices throughout the entire software development lifecycle.

We are looking for someone who enjoys digging into code, understanding how applications work and helping engineering teams build

secure, scalable and maintainable solutions.

• Work closely with development teams to identify, address and mitigate security vulnerabilities in applications, code, libraries

and dependencies

• Review code from a security perspective and support engineering teams with secure coding best practices and security-by-design

principles

• Investigate non-functional security requirements and support implementation within development teams, platforms, products and

solutions

• Work with security controls, requirement management and implementation assurance to ensure proper security implementations

across applications, components and platforms

• Participate in threat modeling, risk modeling, security assessments, design reviews and configuration reviews to identify and

address potential security threats and vulnerabilities

• Investigate and understand vulnerabilities in code, libraries and dependencies to assess application exposure, security posture

and risk

• Stay up to date on emerging threats, technologies and modern cybersecurity practices to continuously improve the Bank’s security

posture

• Ability to drive security requirements within modern DevSecOps environments and identify vulnerabilities as well as logical

implementation issues in code

You are someone who enjoys understanding how systems and applications work in practice and who is motivated by identifying

vulnerabilities and improving security in real-world development environments.

You are collaborative, pragmatic and comfortable working close to engineering teams. You enjoy sharing knowledge, discussing

technical solutions and helping others build secure applications in a practical and sustainable way.

At Ikano Bank, you will have the opportunity to help shape and strengthen the future of Application Security within an

international banking environment.

You will join a collaborative cybersecurity team where different security domains work closely together and support each other

across the Bank. You will have significant ownership within your domain and play an important role in building secure-by-design

practices together with our development organization.