Application Security Director & DevSecOps Leader

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental & Vision insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Plan with Company Match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is seeking a visionary leader in Application Security to join our Boston team. You will shape security strategy for mission-critical applications and APIs, reporting to the CISO and leading a team focused on secure coding across our Technology function.

You will drive secure design, embedding security into SDLC, and align with development projects to reduce risk while enabling rapid business delivery.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in application security with cloud experience (Azure/AWS).
• Strong communication skills to translate complex technical issues into business insights.
• Experience with Secure SDLC and modern security tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead a security team of analysts and set security excellence standards.
• Embed security into SDLC with development, product and business teams.
• Champion secure design and testing using OWASP Top 10 and API Top 10.
• Create roadmaps and report on risk posture against projects.
• Review DAST, SAST, and IAST findings and remediate vulnerabilities before release.
• Guide upgrades and mitigate risks across the enterprise in DevSecOps.

Skills

Application security

AWS

Azure

Secure SDLC

Communication

Security certifications

Tools

OWASP Top 10

DAST

SAST

IAST

Job description

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is seeking a visionary leader in Application Security to join our Boston team. You will shape security strategy for mission-critical applications and APIs, reporting to the CISO and leading a team focused on secure coding across our Technology function.

You will drive secure design, embedding security into SDLC, and align with development projects to reduce risk while enabling rapid business delivery.