Senior Application Security Engineer

XPT Software; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software in Sydney is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to lead the implementation of secure code scanning across the software development lifecycle, integrating platforms such as Snyk, Fortify, Checkmarx or Veracode with GitHub, GitLab and CI/CD pipelines.

You will collaborate with development, DevOps and security teams to define scanning strategies, remediation workflows, and governance, provide hands-on support during rollout and post-go-live stabilization, and mentor teams

Qualifications

• Experience implementing application security in large enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of SAST, vulnerability management and secure coding practices.
• Familiarity with SDLC and DevSecOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding of Secure Code Scanning platforms like Snyk, Fortify, Checkmarx or Veracode across the SDLC.
• Design integrations with GitHub, GitLab and CI/CD pipelines for automated security scanning.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps and security teams to define scanning strategies and remediation workflows.
• Identify implementation challenges and mitigate risks with practical solutions.
• Establish vulnerability management processes, triage, risk prioritization and remediation tracking.

Skills

Secure Code Scanning

CI/CD

SAST

DevSecOps

Vulnerability management

Tools

Snyk

Fortify

Checkmarx

Veracode

Job description

Job description: Senior Application Security Engineer – Secure Code Scanning Implementation

• Lead the implementation and onboarding of Secure Code Scanning platforms such as Snyk, Fortify, Checkmarx, or Veracode across the software development lifecycle.
  
• Design and implement integrations with GitHub, GitLab and CI/CD pipelines to enable automated security scanning and policy enforcement.
  
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and security teams to define scanning strategies, remediation workflows, quality gates, and secure coding controls.
  
• Proactively identify implementation challenges, integration dependencies, developer adoption issues, and performance impacts, and provide practical solutions to mitigate risks.
  
• Establish vulnerability management processes, including triage, risk prioritization, exception handling, SLA definition, and remediation tracking.
  
• Develop technical standards, deployment procedures, operational runbooks, and governance processes to support long-term platform adoption.
  
• Provide hands-on support during implementation, testing, rollout, and post-go-live stabilization activities while mentoring development teams on secure coding practices.
  
• Demonstrated experience implementing similar Application Security and Secure Coding solutions in large enterprise environments, with strong knowledge of SAST, vulnerability management, SDLC, and DevSecOps practices.