Senior Security Engineer - Shift-Left SDLC & AI Security

Highmark Health; Ohio; 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. You will help embed security into the software development lifecycle, from code to production, and drive shift-left security across engineering, architecture, and CI/CD environments.

The role focuses on building scalable security controls, enabling developers, and reducing vulnerability risk through automation, metrics, and governance of AI-enabled development platforms within a large

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Preferred: Master's degree in a security/CS discipline.
• Experience with secure SDLC and AI-enabled development security.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and enforcement of shift-left security controls across SDLC.
• Architect and maintain enterprise security toolchain integration.
• Develop security-as-code policies and enforcement rules.
• Lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement efforts.
• Provide security guidance and training to engineering teams.

Skills

Security engineering

Architecture

CI/CD

SAST

DAST

SCA/Dependency Scanning

Container Scanning

Secret Detection

API Security Testing

AI security

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IS

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

GitLab

GitLab Xray/JFrog Xray

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

OWASP Dependency-Check

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our Enterprise Application Security team. You will help embed security into the software development lifecycle, from code to production, and drive shift-left security across engineering, architecture, and CI/CD environments.

The role focuses on building scalable security controls, enabling developers, and reducing vulnerability risk through automation, metrics, and governance of AI-enabled development platforms within a large