Senior Security Engineer: Secure SDLC & AI Guardrails

Highmark Health; Lake Michigan Beach (MI); On-site; USD 103,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our Enterprise Application Security team and shape how security is built into our software—from the first line of code to production deployment. This is a high-impact engineering role for a security professional who is passionate about preventing vulnerabilities before they happen, and who can lead shift-left security across the SDLC.

You will embed security into every stage of development, collaborate with engineering teams, automate

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD security tooling and governance.
• Strong understanding of secure SDLC practices.
• Knowledge of AI-related security risks and mitigations.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in clearly defining requirements, deliverables and timeframes.
• Develop and implement shift-left security controls across SDLC.
• Automate vulnerability triage, escalation, assignment and reporting.
• Partner with architecture and engineering to embed secure-by-default practices.

Skills

Security engineering

Shift-left security

DevSecOps

AI security

Vulnerability management

CI/CD pipelines

Threat modeling

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related field

Master's preferred

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA/Dependency Scanning

Container Scanning

Secret Detection

AI security assessment tools

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our Enterprise Application Security team and shape how security is built into our software—from the first line of code to production deployment. This is a high-impact engineering role for a security professional who is passionate about preventing vulnerabilities before they happen, and who can lead shift-left security across the SDLC.

You will embed security into every stage of development, collaborate with engineering teams, automate