Application Security Leader

RX Global; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Job summary

RX Global seeks an experienced Principal Application Security Engineer to lead security across its global technology estate. You will partner with engineering leadership to embed security by design, enabling teams to deliver secure software at scale.

This highly visible role serves as the senior technical authority for application security and secure software delivery, influencing across digital platforms, cloud, APIs, and customer-facing applications.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Application Security or related fields.
• Experience implementing Secure Development Lifecycle programmes.
• Hands-on with modern security testing tooling and cloud-native environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the RX Application Security programme, defining strategy, roadmaps, standards, controls and maturity objectives.
• Own and mature Application Security Posture Management including tooling like Aikido.
• Develop KPIs, dashboards, and reporting for engineering and executives; drive automation and improvements.
• Oversee vulnerability management across applications and platforms including SAST/DAST/SCAs and API security.
• Partner with Engineering Directors, Architects, and Product Leaders to promote secure coding and design.

Skills

Application security

Threat modelling

Secure SDLC

Cloud security

OWASP Top 10

SAST

DAST

SCA

Container security

CI/CD security

API security

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Aikido

SAST tooling

DAST tooling

SCA tooling

CI/CD tooling

Cloud security tooling

Container security tooling

API security tooling

Job description

Are you passionate about building secure software and driving security excellence across a global technology landscape?

Do you enjoy partnering with engineering leaders to embed security by design and enable teams to deliver secure, innovative solutions at scale?

About Our Team

RX Global aims to create unforgettable experiences for attendees and exhibitors through organizing events. Innovation, creativity, and collaboration drive the company to offer exceptional services to clients.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Principal Application Security Engineer to lead application security across RX's global technology estate.

Reporting directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), this role will serve as the senior technical authority for application security and secure software delivery practices. The successful candidate will partner closely with engineering leadership to ensure security is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle while enabling teams to deliver business value quickly and safely.

This is a highly visible individual contributor role with enterprise-wide influence across Digital, Global Business Systems, cloud platforms, APIs, integrations, and customer-facing applications.

The role combines technical leadership, application security expertise, engineering engagement, threat modelling, secure-by-design governance, and application security posture management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the RX Application Security programme, defining and maintaining strategy, roadmap, standards, controls, and security maturity objectives.
• Drive adoption of Secure by Design principles by embedding security throughout the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including threat modelling and security architecture reviews.
• Own and mature the Application Security Posture Management capability, including management and optimisation of Aikido and related security tooling.
• Develop KPIs, dashboards, and reporting for engineering and executive stakeholders, while identifying opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.
• Oversee vulnerability management activities across applications and platforms, including findings from SAST, DAST, Software Composition Analysis, container security, Infrastructure as Code security, CI/CD security, API security reviews, and penetration testing.
• Partner with Engineering Directors, Architects, Product Leaders, and Software Engineers to promote secure coding, secure design, and developer-friendly security practices.
• Provide security guidance for cloud-native environments and modern architectures, including AWS, Azure, microservices, APIs, containers, serverless technologies, and SaaS platforms.
• Support governance, audit, compliance, risk assessment, and assurance activities while providing technical leadership and mentoring across engineering and security communities.

Requirements

• Significant experience in Application Security, Product Security, or Security Engineering.
• Strong understanding of modern software development methodologies and engineering practices.
• Experience implementing Secure Development Lifecycle programmes.
• Experience conducting threat modelling and architecture security reviews.
• Deep understanding of application security principles, attack techniques, and risk management.
• Hands-on experience with OWASP Top 10, SAST, DAST, SCA, Container Security, Infrastructure as Code Security, CI/CD Security, and API Security.
• Experience securing cloud-native environments, particularly AWS and Azure.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, influencing, leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About The Business

RX is a global leader in events and exhibitions, leveraging industry expertise, data, and technology to build businesses for individuals, communities, and organisations. With a presence in 25 countries across 41 industry sectors, RX hosts approximately 350 events annually. RX is committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our people. RX empowers businesses to thrive by leveraging data-driven insights and digital solutions. RX is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. For more information, visit http://www.rxglobal.com

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