Senior Security Engineer: Shift-Left SDLC & AI Security

Highmark Health; Butlerville (IN); 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 help embed security into the entire software development lifecycle. You will be at the forefront of our shift-left strategy, working directly with engineering teams to ensure secure code and secure AI-assisted development practices.

This high-impact role requires leading the design of security guardrails, automating vulnerability management, and delivering real-time visibility into

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing security gates in CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of SAST/DAST/SCA tooling and secure SDLC practices.
• Ability to work with AI-enabled development platforms and model governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead shift-left security controls across development lifecycles.
• Design security guardrails for AI-assisted workflows and IDEs.
• Automate vulnerability triage, remediation, and reporting.
• Monitor security posture metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and platform teams to embed security by default.

Skills

SAST

DAST

Dependency Scanning

Container Scanning

Secret Detection

AI Security

CI/CD Security

Security Automation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IS

Tools

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

JFrog Xray

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our Enterprise Application Security team and help embed security into the entire software development lifecycle. You will be at the forefront of our shift-left strategy, working directly with engineering teams to ensure secure code and secure AI-assisted development practices.

This high-impact role requires leading the design of security guardrails, automating vulnerability management, and delivering real-time visibility into