Senior Security Engineer: Shift-Left SDLC & AI Security

Highmark Health; Salem (NH); 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 every stage of the software development lifecycle, ensuring code, AI-generated code, and deployment artifacts meet defined security standards.

You will lead the shift-left strategy, automate the security toolchain, and collaborate with engineering teams to reduce vulnerabilities before production. This is a high-impact engineering role at enterprise scale.

Qualifications

• Security-focused engineering role embedding security into SDLC at enterprise scale.
• Experience with security tooling and CI/CD gatekeeping across teams.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted development and security governance.

Responsibilities

• Design and enforce shift-left security controls across CI/CD.
• Lead vulnerability risk reduction and SLA tracking.
• Automate security tooling and pipelines for scalable compliance.

Skills

Security engineering

Shift-left security

DevSecOps

Automation

AI security

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IS or related

Master's preferred in CS/InfoSec

Tools

GitLab/CI/CD

SAST/DAST/DA

OWASP Top 10 for AI/LLM

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our Enterprise Application Security team. You will help embed security into every stage of the software development lifecycle, ensuring code, AI-generated code, and deployment artifacts meet defined security standards.

You will lead the shift-left strategy, automate the security toolchain, and collaborate with engineering teams to reduce vulnerabilities before production. This is a high-impact engineering role at enterprise scale.