Senior Secure SDLC Engineer: Shift-Left AI Security

Highmark Health; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 103,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

enGen is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to embed security into every stage of the software development lifecycle, not bolted on later. You will lead shift-left initiatives, build guardrails, and collaborate with engineering to reduce vulnerabilities from commit through production.

The role emphasizes security tooling, automation, and strong governance for AI-enabled development, with enterprise-scale impact across platforms.

Qualifications

• US citizen due to contractual/access requirements.
• Senior Security Engineer with shift-left security experience.
• Experience embedding security into the SDLC and CI/CD processes.
• Ability to design and enforce security guardrails across tooling.
• Familiarity with AI security in development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement shift-left security guardrails catching vulnerabilities early in development.
• Configure and enforce CI/CD pipeline security gates for code, AI-generated code, IaC, and artifacts.
• Deploy and manage application security scanners (SAST/DAST/SSS) across platforms.
• Develop security-as-code policies and enforcement rules for large distributed teams.
• Partner with enablement teams to set AI tooling security controls and safe usage patterns.

Skills

Security engineering

Application security

Shift-left security

Security tooling

CI/CD security

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA/Dependency Scanning

Container Scanning

AI security tools

Job description

enGen is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to embed security into every stage of the software development lifecycle, not bolted on later. You will lead shift-left initiatives, build guardrails, and collaborate with engineering to reduce vulnerabilities from commit through production.

The role emphasizes security tooling, automation, and strong governance for AI-enabled development, with enterprise-scale impact across platforms.