Application Security Lead | Offshore

Responsibilities 

• Shift left” security efforts to build security into the software development lifecycle: 

• Conduct secure design reviews and threat modeling to identify and prioritize risks, attack surfaces, and vulnerabilities 

• Deploy and operationalize static (SAST), dynamic (DAST), dependency (SCA) and secrets scanning  

• Work with Platform DevOps team to build and maintain security automation tools to seamlessly embed inline security checks into CI/CD pipelines 

• Partner with Platform DevOps to help design secure-by-default architectures and workflows 

• Assist with application security code reviews of source code changes and advise developers on remediating vulnerabilities following secure coding practices 

• Establish and track SLA governance to ensure security findings are identified, prioritized, and remediated. 

• Maintain application asset inventory. 

• Lead the Security Champions Program to build security-minded culture amongst developers and IT Operations teams. 

• Act as a trusted advisor and partner for development and cross-functional project teams, providing actionable guidance to address security. 

• Help with training on secure coding practices, empowering teams to proactively prevent vulnerabilities. 

• Evaluate and implement security tools and automation solutions to enhance the security posture of applications and streamline security processes. 
   

PROFILE 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related professional experience. 

• Have 3+ years of hands-on experience in application security, including securing cloud-based and containerized environments.  

• Experience performing secure code reviews and interpreting SAST/SCA/DAST results. 

• Strong experience with modern development workflows, including CI/CD pipelines, using Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions.  

• Working knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 for web applications and APIs and how to apply the standard to minimize security risk. 

• In-depth understanding of vulnerabilities and secure coding practices. 

• Hands-on experience with security tools like Snyk, Veracode, Burpsuite or similar.  

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). 

• Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Java, or C# is preferred.  

• Have empathy, collaboration skills, and a learning mindset to work cross-functionally with engineers of all levels to build security into the product life cycle. 

• Possess broad security knowledge to connect the dots across domains and identify holistic ways to lower the overall threat surface. 

• Have the ability to distill complex security concepts into clear actions and drive consensus with minimum supervision. 

• Demonstrated success in partnering with developers to integrate security.