Lead AppSec & DevSecOps Engineer (AI‑First Security)

Faria Education Group; England; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MacBook Pro

Online learning platform

Training programs

Team activities

Job summary

Faria Education Group is seeking a Lead Security/DevSecOps Engineer to lead and mature the AppSec program across ManageBac, OpenApply, SchoolsBuddy, and related platforms. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, secure SDLC adoption, and cross-team security improvements in AWS/Azure environments.

You will collaborate with the vCISO, DevOps, and engineering teams, building security champions and ensuring student data privacy while balancing rapid product delivery in a high-growth edtech

Qualifications

• 7+ years in application/product security, with hands-on leadership in AppSec programs.
• AI-first secure engineering mindset and curiosity in proactive protection.
• Founding, hands-on solo function capable under ambiguity; self-directed.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and own the application security program across all five products (greenfield).
• Define and embed a secure SDLC with design reviews, guardrails, and coding standards.
• Select, deploy, and integrate AppSec tooling into CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and manage secrets and vault integration across pipelines.
• Lead vulnerability management and remediation coordination across teams.

Skills

AppSec strategy

Cloud security (AWS/Azure)

DevSecOps

Threat modeling

Security tooling (SAST/DAST/SCA)

Ruby on Rails

PHP/Laravel

.NET/C#

Python

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

Job description

Faria Education Group is seeking a Lead Security/DevSecOps Engineer to lead and mature the AppSec program across ManageBac, OpenApply, SchoolsBuddy, and related platforms. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, secure SDLC adoption, and cross-team security improvements in AWS/Azure environments.

You will collaborate with the vCISO, DevOps, and engineering teams, building security champions and ensuring student data privacy while balancing rapid product delivery in a high-growth edtech