CRA Lead – Secure Software Development
Reports To: CRA Practice Lead
Department: Cyber Resilience & Compliance Engineering
About Us
At Codvo, we are committed to building scalable, future-ready data platforms that power business impact. We believe in a culture of innovation, collaboration, and growth, where engineers can experiment, learn, and thrive. Join us to be part of a team that solves complex data challenges with creativity and cutting-edge technology.
About the Role
We are seeking a CRA Lead to establish and scale a cross-platform, cross-technology development and testing practices aligned with the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). This role will focus on enabling secure-by-design software development, continuous compliance testing, and codebase certification across a wide range of technologies, platforms, and deployment models (cloud, edge, embedded, on-prem).
Key Responsibilities
Practice Leadership
- Execute the vision, strategy, and operating model for a CRA-aligned secure development and certification practice.
- Build and lead a high-performing team across secure development, compliance testing, and DevSecOps.
- Collaborate with product, legal, and security teams to interpret CRA requirements and embed them into engineering workflows.
Secure Development & Architecture
- Establish secure-by-design principles across diverse technology stacks (e.g., web, mobile, embedded, cloud-native, edge).
- Drive adoption of secure SDLC practices including threat modeling, secure architecture reviews, and secure coding standards.
- Ensure integration of security controls across heterogeneous environments and third-party components.
Compliance & Certification
- Operationalize CRA-aligned testing and documentation processes across all software delivery pipelines.
- Lead the implementation of automated compliance checks, SBOM generation, and vulnerability management.
- Ensure traceability, audit readiness, and conformity assessment support for CRA and related regulations (e.g., NIS2, ISO 27001).
Tooling & Automation
- Implement a technology-agnostic toolchain for secure development, testing, and compliance automation.
- Integrate security and compliance tooling into CI/CD pipelines across multiple platforms and languages.
- Promote reuse of security patterns, templates, and automation assets across teams.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the technical authority on CRA compliance for internal teams, partners, and clients.
- Support pre-sales, solutioning, and proposal development for CRA-related services.
- Represent the practice in regulatory, industry, and standards forums.
Required Skills & Experience
- 7-10 years of experience in software engineering, cybersecurity, or compliance, with at least 2 years in a lead/senior role.
- Proven experience in secure software development across multiple platforms (e.g., cloud, mobile, embedded, edge).
- Good understanding of cybersecurity regulations including CRA, NIS2, and global standards
- Hands-on experience with secure SDLC, DevSecOps, and software composition analysis (SCA) tools.
- Familiarity with SBOM standards (e.g., SPDX, CycloneDX) and vulnerability disclosure processes.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field.
- Experience working in regulated industries (e.g., MedTech, Industrial, Automotive, Fintech).
- Exposure to open-source governance, third-party risk management, and secure supply chain practices.
Why Join Us?
- Lead a pioneering practice at the intersection of cybersecurity, compliance, and software engineering.
- Work on high-impact projects across industries and platforms.
- Collaborate with a world-class team across AI, Edge, Cloud, and IoT domains.
- Be part of a mission to build resilient, compliant, and trustworthy digital systems.