Cyber - Sdc Application Security Lead Manager jobs at Ey in United States, Dallas

The role will also include responsibility for Requirements Engineering and Requirements Management. You will work with stakeholders to elicit, document, manage, and validate business and technical requirements, ensuring that they are aligned with delivery goals and remain traceable throughout the project lifecycle.

In addition to Agile delivery leadership, this role includes ownership of Quality Assurance and Test Management activities. You will be responsible for test planning, triaging defects with stakeholders, coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT), and overseeing ongoing test monitoring and reporting throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Your key responsibilities:
• Facilitate and manage Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews.
• Guide Agile teams and business stakeholders through backlog creation, refinement, and prioritization.
• Collaborate closely with other product owners, scrum masters, developers, testers, and business stakeholders to ensure continuous delivery and alignment with business objectives.
• Translate business requirements into well-structured user stories and acceptance criteria that guide development and quality assurance efforts.
• Plan and coordinate all aspects of Quality Assurance, including test strategy, test planning, test case definition, and UAT coordination.
• Monitor test execution and defect resolution processes, ensuring issues are triaged, tracked, and resolved in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Provide test progress updates and quality reports to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and proactive risk management.
• Support Agile planning, estimation, and forecasting of delivery timelines and resource requirements.
• Monitor delivery progress using Agile metrics and dashboards, driving continuous improvement based on data insights.
• Coach client teams and internal stakeholders in Agile frameworks, values, and practices, adapting to various organizational maturity levels.
• Support Agile transformation initiatives by defining roadmaps, training sessions, and governance structures.
• Utilize Agile tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, and Confluence to manage projects, track progress, document requirements, and monitor test coverage.
• Contribute to internal frameworks and reusable assets that enable consistent delivery of Agile services.
• Stay current with trends in Agile delivery, quality management, and enterprise technology to guide clients through evolving best practices.

Skills and attributes for success:
• Deep understanding of Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance principles and test management practices in Agile environments.
• Experience using Agile project management and test tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, TestRail, Xray, etc.).
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills with a strong ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills to manage several projects or workstreams in parallel.
• Experience leading UAT cycles and coordinating testing across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Analytical mindset with a continuous improvement attitude.
• Ability to work both independently and within diverse cross-functional teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across business, delivery, and technical domains.

To qualify for the role, you must have:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Agile delivery environments across cross-functional teams.
• Practical experience managing Agile product backlogs and facilitating delivery pipelines.
• Proven experience in quality assurance and test management roles within Agile projects.
• Experience engaging directly with business and IT stakeholders to define and deliver solutions.
• Agile certifications such as Scrum Master (CSM/PSM), SAFe Agilist, PMI-ACP, or equivalent are desirable.
• ISTQB or equivalent test management certification is considered an asset.
• A fluent command of English (spoken and written).

What we offer

Job Title: Backend Engineer – Service Delivery Senior Analyst

As an FSO Technology Analyst, you’ll be based in our Service Delivery Center, which is made up of high-performing US-based colleagues who work closely with our experienced advisory professionals. We deliver Technology project-based work and managed services to our clients. Here, you’ll work as part of a project team and will be responsible for the design, build/configuration, testing, analysis, delivery and support of Technology solutions. This position is fast-paced and ever-changing, which means you’ll need to be a flexible self-starter and be able to manage changing priorities and learning new and rapidly changing technology solutions.

Your Key Responsibilities

The goal is to support our clients to transform their business problems through engineering solutions. You will assist engagement teams through the analysis of specific business requirements, design, develop, integrate, test, and deploy distributed software applications. You will deliver high qualify systems with focus on reliability and excellent customer experience.You will demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge.

Skills and attributes for success

• Prior fullstack software product development experience with a preferred understanding of DevOps and its supporting services and tools

• Deliver engineering solutions through all phases of the project lifecycle, including requirements definition, engineering design, development, integration, and testing; based on a proven agile methodology.
• Demonstrate hands-on technical capabilities inmultiple programming languages.
• Effectively work with client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds fostering an innovative and inclusive work environment.
• Demonstrate understanding of current technology environment and industry trends and provide recommendations for engagement and client service issues.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other related field

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in technology software development
• Back-end experience using modern technologies like Java, Python, Node.js, REST, NoSQL, Microservices, Serverless, and Cloud technologies like AWS, or Azure
• Front-end development with modern frameworks and practices like React, Angular, or Responsive web design
• Experience in designing, building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Hands-on experience building applications/platforms with cloud native/Microservices architecture. Includes experience with IaaS, PaaS, container deployment.
• Experience with modern collaborative development tools (e.g. Git, CI/CD pipelines)
• Experience working with testing frameworks and tools for unit and integration testing and knowledge of TDD or BDD software development techniques
• Comfortable working in an Agile and TDD environment

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with the following technologies
• Akka/Scala
• Kafka/RabbitMQ
• ElasticSearch
• AngularJS/ReactJS
• Hadoop/Spark/Flume
• Mongo/Cassandra/Any NoSQL DB

What we look for

We’re interested in intellectually curious people with a passion for finding new and innovative ways to make things better. You’ll also need to be a self-starter and quick learner with a strong background in computer science from both theoretical and practical points of view. If you’re ready to be the future of the group and make your mark in a growing business, this role is for you.

Assurance, Technology Risk (Manager) (Multiple Positions) (1651219), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Dallas, TX.

Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance, International Relations or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate related experience working as an IT auditor or IT risk adviser for a public accounting firm, a professional services firm, or within industry.

Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance, International Relations or a related field and 4 years of related experience working as an IT auditor or IT risk adviser for a public accounting firm, a professional services firm, or within industry.

Must have 3 years of work experience applying relevant IT audit skills in audit engagements as a Financial Audit IT integration leader on own engagement.

Must have 3 years of experience in a supervisory/managerial capacity focused on financial audit IT in public company audits.

Must have 3 years of experience supervising audit professionals performing the IT portion of the audit (IT general controls, ERP, application knowledge, system implementation, audit knowledge, and similar).

Must have 3 years of experience supervising the integration with the financial audit team on application controls, IPE, and IT dependent manual controls.

Must be eligible to obtain CPA, CA, CISA, CIPP, CGEIT, CIA, CISSP, CISM, CIPT, CRISC, CMA and/or relevant certification within one year of hire.

Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on yourperformance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary for this job is $115,450.00 per year. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

This particular position at Ernst & Young in the United States requires the qualified candidate to be a "United States worker" as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor regulations at 20 CFR 656.3. You can review this definition at at the bottom of page 750. Please feel free to apply to other positions that do not require you to be a "U.S. worker".

As an OT Defects Senior Architecture & Governance professional, you will be responsible for providing operational support for the overall issues management and associated defects creation, monitoring and tracking against the client's current referenced architecture, overseeing and governing operational technology (OT) systems to enhance security and ensure overall compliance. You support the manager and work within a team of experts to ensure that OT architectures align with organizational goals and industry standards, promoting secure and efficient operations.

JOB SUMMARY:

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented
OT Senior Architecture & Governance Issues/Defect Solution Analystto join our Operational Technology (OT) team. This role is pivotal in driving architectural integrity, governance compliance, and effective defect and issue resolution across OT environments.

• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that OT systems are secure, compliant, and continuously improved through structured governance and defect management processes.
• In the role of OT Defects Senior Architecture & Governance, you will support the OT manager by providing defects/issues tracking and monitoring, architecture oversight and approvals for OT systems, VLANs, and controls, ensuring that all designs and implementations meet security, compliance, and operational requirements. Additionally, you will assist in overall operations, reporting focusing on processes, milestones, and deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validate OT system designs for alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Maintain and evolve governance frameworks, SOPs, and documentation.
• Support change review boards and architecture decision forums.
• Defect & Issue Management
• Lead defect intake, triage, and remediation cycles.
• Track and report on new and existing defects, accepted risks, and remediation progress.
• Facilitate weekly defect review meetings and ensure timely follow-ups with stakeholders.
• Collaboration & Communication
• Partner with OT architects, system owners, cybersecurity teams, and DECA to resolve issues.
• Provide guidance and support to site teams on governance and defect-related matters.
• Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Continuous Improvement
• Identify gaps in current documentation and propose updates.
• Contribute to the development of standard work and LEAN process improvements.

• Provide architecture oversight for OT systems, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry standards.
• Review and approve architectural designs and implementations for OT solutions, focusing on security, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Establish governance frameworks and best practices for OT architecture and design processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess architectural designs and provide recommendations for improvements.
• Facilitate decision-making processes related to OT architecture, ensuring stakeholder alignment and buy-in.
• Conduct risk assessments and impact analyses for proposed changes to OT systems and architectures.
• Stay current with emerging trends, technologies, and regulatory requirements in the OT space to inform governance practices.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to OT architecture standards, guidelines, and governance processes.

Technical Skills

• Experience and knowledge on Operational Technology (OT) environments and governance
• Experience with end-to-end issues management and exception/defects
• Experience with defect intake, exception review, and change request workflows.
• Ability to build and manage SOPs, trackers, and reporting templates
• Strong familiarity, background, and/or and understanding of manufacturing, shopfloor, ICS, building management, or other OT environments - and their associated safety, quality, and production considerations
• Experience with Security architecture design and assessment of technologies such as SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, AI/ML, ZTA etc.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks, including NERC CIP, NIS, CIS, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, ISA/IEC 62443
• Ability to apply these frameworks to OT environments and defect resolution processes
• Security controls, such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, encryption, and access management.
• Risk-based Mindset, to include remediation and migration planning and tracking
• ServiceNow and AuditBoard usage experience

Soft Skills

• Ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to assess complex OT architectures and defect patterns, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions. Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams including cybersecurity, engineering, and product owners to align on defect resolution and architecture decisions.
• Precision in tracking defects, remediation and or mitigation, documenting architecture standards, and ensuring compliance reporting
• Ability to lead calls with Product Owners and client stakeholders and clearly articulate review reasoning and rationale

Your Key Responsibilities

• Install and configure specific applications.
• Monitor the application platform, including integration and alerting solutions, and recommend platform improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application platform issues.
• Configure data source connections and manage asset libraries.
• Identify and raise system capacity related issues (storage, licenses, performance threshold).
• Define best practices for application deployment.
• Integrate application with other ES Data platforms and Business Unit installations of application.
• Participate in overall data platform architecture and strategy.
• Research and recommend alternative actions for problem resolution based on best practices and application functionality with minimal direction.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other related field

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience customer success or in a customer-facing engineering capacity is required.
• Large scale implementation experience with complex solutions environment.
• Experience in customer-facing positions, preferably industry experience in technology based solutions.
• Experience being able to navigate, escalate and lead efforts on complex customer/partner requests or projects.
• Experience with Linux command line.
• An aptitude for both analyzing technical concepts and translating them into business terms, as well as for mapping business requirements into technical features.
• Knowledge of the software development process and of software design methodologies helpful
• 5+ years experience in a cloud ops / kubernetes application deployment and management role, working with an enterprise software or data product.
• Experience with Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC), Virtual Director Services (VDS), PING Federate or Azure Active Directory (AAD) helpful.
• Cloud platform architecture, administration and programming experience desired.
• Experience with Helm, Argo CD, Docker, and cloud networking.
• Excellent communication skills: interpersonal, written, and verbal.
• Experience with Identity Access Management (IAM).

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with DoD

What we look for

We’re interested in intellectually curious people with a passion for finding new and innovative ways to make things better. You’ll also need to be a self-starter and quick learner with a strong background in computer science from both theoretical and practical points of view. If you’re ready to be the future of the group and make your mark in a growing business, this role is for you.

Our firm sets the standard for consulting services, fostering an environment that encourages career ownership at every stage. As part of our Technology Consulting sub-service line, you’ll be at the forefront of delivering transformative solutions that improve business operations. You’ll help clients drive growth, manage costs, and mitigate risk through the smart use of technology.

In this role, you will interact with business stakeholders to evaluate business models, processes, and operations. You will gather, understand, and analyze business requirements, translating them into technical specifications. Additionally, you will analyze newly implemented technology solutions to ensure they meet business requirements and collaborate with technical teams to design and deliver system architecture solutions.

As a Manager in Technology Analysis, you will play a pivotal role in managing and delivering complex technical initiatives. You will face challenges that require innovative problem-solving and analytical skills, providing you with opportunities to grow and learn in a dynamic environment. This role will require regular travel to meet client needs.

• Lead workstream delivery and ensure effective management of processes and solutions.
• Track deliverable completion and project status, ensuring alignment with performance objectives.
• Actively participate in client working sessions, leading workstreams from planning through execution and closure.
• Exhibit strong business acumen alongside in-depth technical expertise, with a proven ability to quickly assimilate new knowledge.
• Lead and deliver high-quality SAP projects or workstreams, ensuring consistent delivery of exceptional client services while monitoring progress, managing risks, and keeping key stakeholders informed of outcomes.
• Build and maintain relationships with client personnel at all appropriate levels.

To thrive in this role, you will need a blend of technical and interpersonal skills. Your ability to build relationships and communicate effectively will be crucial in delivering exceptional client service.

On your typical engagement, you will collaborate with key stakeholders to assess their needs and provide guidance on SAP system capabilities. Lead requirement gathering, solution architecture, blueprinting, testing, and documentation, while translating stakeholder needs into functional designs and managing configurations and integrations with both SAP and non-SAP systems.

• Strong analytical skills to develop solutions to complex problems.
• Proven ability to manage engagement economics and resource planning.
• Experience in leading teams and managing change effectively.
• Ability to identify opportunities for additional services and lead specific RFP responses.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s degree.
• Typically, no less than 4 - 6 years relevant experience.
• At least 3 years of experience working with SAP Transportation Management (TM).

• Strong technical skills in application functional design.

• Expertise in technology business requirements definition, analysis, and mapping.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills
• Ability to build and manage relationships effectively.
• Capacity for critical thinking and complex problem-solving.
• Experience in hybrid collaboration and driving outcomes.
• A flexibility and willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 40-60%.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior consulting industry experience.
• SAP certification(s).
• Experience with at least one full cycle implementation of your core module.
• Experience in project management and tracking deliverable completion.
• Experience in managing client relationships and expectations.
• A strong background in technology analysis and implementation.

As an FTA Manager, you will have an opportunity to work on some of the most complex tax issues and translate them into effective tax strategies, focused on managing the impact tax has on our clients' business. You will be part of the team, focused on identifying the various cash tax savings and refund opportunities in the areas of FDII, BEAT, and GILTI planning, R&D credits, accounting methods, capitalization and cost recovery, transaction costs, inventory, and others.

Your key responsibilities

You will be part of a team serving clients in various public and private industries and sectors. You will have an opportunity to directly interface with our clients and support the day-to-day project management activities by analyzing the client data/information, and preparing the commensurate analyses. You will support and actively participate in analysis of large datasets and the related evaluation of the pertinent laws and regulations, and collaborating with firm subject matter professionals to analyze the client facts. As part of the BTS practice, you will provide guidance and direction to the associates, support them on various engagement and the related activities. You will also play an important role in delivering client engagements and working directly with BTS managers and partners to serve our clients, develop our people and grow and nurture the OneEY culture.

Skills and attributes for success

• Facilitate delivery of effective approaches to our clients' tax needs
• Apply critical and independent thinking to identify new business opportunities
• Assist in executing client engagements
• Provide timely and high-quality tax research and the related analysis, including preparation of technical memoranda
• Proactively manage projects to ensure timely delivery of high-quality analysis and client deliverables
• Support the development of client relationships
• Learn and develop specific client industry and sector knowledge
• Help to develop and guide associates by providing actionable performance feedback and ensuring team responsibilities are consistent with their developmental goals
• Build on technical competence by staying current on trends, developments and technical issues and applying them to client facts and circumstances
• Demonstrate willingness to learn and innovate through application of our current tools and emerging technologies, such as SharePoint, MS Power BI, MS Power Pivot, MS Power Query and Alteryx.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, management information systems, or related field, as well as approximately six years of related work experience, OR a graduate degree in tax, law or management information systems, and approximately five years of related work experience
• A valid US CPA or licensed attorney designation
• Experience with preparing tax research and the related analysis
• Proficient in analyzing large datasets
• The ability to learn complex tax and industry concepts and apply them to specific client scenarios
• Good managerial, organizational, project management and verbal/written communication skills
• The ability to work well in a team environment and be comfortable supervising teams of EY personnel and client personnel
• Business and tax technical writing skills
• Proficiency with MS Excel, MS Access, and data mining tools
• Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment

Ideally, you'll also have

• Familiarity and/or experience in the areas of the IRS tax controversy and statistical sampling
• Experience with current data analytics and visual tools, such as MS Power BI, MS Power Pivot, MS Power Query and Alteryx
• Big 4 comparable experience
• Certifications in Alteryx or Microsoft products (MSCA)
• Advanced degree, such as MST, MSA, JD, or LLM