Application Security Engineering Lead: Shape the Secure SDLC

OpenTalent; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Collaborative team environment

Professional development

Job summary

OpenTalent is seeking a Senior Lead for Application Security to drive secure software initiatives and shift-left security culture across teams. This role focuses on defining strategy and mentoring a high-performing security engineering group.

You will partner with development and security teams to embed best practices into the SDLC, with emphasis on automated code scanning, SAST/DAST, SCA, and CI/CD integration.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in automated code scanning and remediation, SAST, DAST, SCA, CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Experience building and leading high-performing security engineering teams.
• Strong leadership and mentorship capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute application security strategy for the org.
• Collaborate with development and cybersecurity teams to embed security in the SDLC.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing security engineering team.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Security engineering

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

OpenTalent is seeking a Senior Lead for Application Security to drive secure software initiatives and shift-left security culture across teams. This role focuses on defining strategy and mentoring a high-performing security engineering group.

You will partner with development and security teams to embed best practices into the SDLC, with emphasis on automated code scanning, SAST/DAST, SCA, and CI/CD integration.