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About the role
- Software Supply Chain Security Specialist supporting secure software supply chain in the United States. Requires 2+ years of experience and a Bachelor’s degree.
Responsibilities
- Conduct vendor risk assessments based on security, compliance, and performance criteria.
- Maintain and update vendor scorecards, flag underperforming suppliers for escalation.
- Track vendor remediation plans and monitor follow-through.
- Assist in onboarding new software vendors by auditing their security posture and documentation.
- Support implementation and maintenance of software composition analysis (SCA) tools, SBOM generation/ingestion tools, and pipeline integrations.
- Validate SBOMs submitted by vendors for correctness, depth, and format (e.g., SPDX, CycloneDX).
- Help automate checks for license compliance, vulnerability scanning, and component provenance verification.
- Apply and enforce existing vendor security policies, guidelines, and checklists consistently across projects.
- Assist in reviewing third-party software requests from development teams, ensuring they meet policy criteria.
- Escalate nonconforming proposals or exceptions to the Manager for review.
- Monitor open source and third-party component vulnerabilities, mapping them to affected product lines and dependencies.
- Help perform root cause or upstream traceability analysis for supply chain vulnerabilities.
- Provide impact assessments and assist in remediation tracking.
- Act as liaison between vendors, product teams, legal, procurement, and security/engineering stakeholders.
- Schedule and lead vendor technical reviews, workshops, and follow-ups.
- Prepare status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries for the Manager and leadership.
- Support internal and external audits of supplier security practices and supply chain compliance.
- Prepare evidence, documentation, and findings for audit reviews.
- Help maintain supplier assurance programs and track compliance metrics.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Information Security, Software Engineering, or related field
- 2+ years of experience in supply chain management, software and supply chain security, third-party risk, or a related area
- Familiarity with SBOM standards (SPDX, CycloneDX), software composition analysis tools (e.g. Snyk, Black Duck, Mend), and vulnerability databases
- Willingness to travel up to 10–15%
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid parental leave
- Vacation and holiday leave
- Flexible time off plans
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee resource groups
- Recognition programs
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