Job Requisition ID: 12554

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

Office Location: Ottawa (ON); Montreal (QC); Toronto (ON)

Travel Requirement: Limited

Language Designation: Bilingual

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): CBC

Security Requirement: Secret

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 104,180.28 to $ 130,225.36 and are based on qualifications and experience.

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust , where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We're committed to advancing employment equity and fostering an inclusive workplace. To reflect the diversity of Canada’s population, we encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ individuals, veterans, and racialized peoples. We also welcome applications from all individuals eligible to work in Canada.

We are also committed to advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and supporting the meaningful inclusion of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis voices and priorities. While this position is hybrid requiring some in-office presence,



a work from home arrangement may be considered for First Nations candidates on reserve or Indigenous candidates that reside further than 125KM from a CMHC office.

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What's in it for you

Benefits

- Annual Paid vacation.
- Annual individual performance incentive.
- Defined benefit pension plan.
- Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
- Support towards your personal and qualified growth with training, mentorship and more.
- While positions at CMHC require some in-office presence, alternative work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

About The Role

Join the Technology and Business Transformation team in the Bilingual Senior Specialist, Security Applications position. You will be responsible for designing, governing, and continuously improving the enterprise Application Security (AppSec) program to ensure that applications, architecture solutions and software‑delivered services are designed, built, tested, and operated in alignment with the organization’s risk tolerance, security strategy, and regulatory obligations.

In this role you will also provide expert‑level advisory services to senior management, architects, and delivery leadership,



and be accountable for the effectiveness and outcomes of application security controls across the full Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC / SDLC) or solution design, including controls embedded in Agile and DevSecOps delivery models.

What You’ll Do

- Lead and evolve the enterprise Application Security framework, ensuring security requirements are embedded throughout the software development lifecycle and become a core part of how applications are designed, built, tested, and deployed.
- Establish governance for Secure SDLC and/or infrastructure practices, integrating security controls, automated testing, secure coding standards, and risk management directly into day-to-day development workflows.
- Drive a secure‑by-design and secure‑by‑default culture by providing standards, patterns, and guidance that enable development teams to proactively build security into applications rather than addressing it after deployment.
- Partner with engineering, platform, and architecture teams to embed application security requirements into Agile delivery models, CI/CD pipelines, development toolchains, cloud‑native environments, and third‑party integrations.
- Provide expert guidance on secure design decisions, vulnerability remediation, risk‑based control selection, and the adoption of emerging technologies while balancing security, business needs, and delivery velocity.
- Define and enforce security assurance activities and quality gates as integrated components of the software development and solution deployment process.
- Act as the senior application security advisor and escalation point for complex vulnerabilities, design‑level risks, exc

📌 Bilingual Senior Specialist, Security Applications (Ottawa)
🏢 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement(SCHL)
📍 Ottawa