Senior Security Engineer - Shift-Left SDLC & AI Security

Highmark Health; Yuma (AZ); 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 drive security into the software development lifecycle from the first line of code to production. This high-impact role focuses on shift-left security, embedding guardrails and automation within CI/CD to prevent vulnerabilities before they occur.

You will partner with engineering to design secure-by-default AI development practices, manage scanners (SAST/DAST), track remediation, measure

Qualifications

• Experience in secure SDLC and secure coding practices.
• Strong knowledge of application security scanning (SAST/DAST) and software supply chain.
• Ability to balance security with delivery timelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to define requirements, deliverables and timeframes.
• Develop and enforce security controls across CI/CD pipelines.
• Embed security into SDLC and AI-assisted development workflows.

Skills

CI/CD security practices

Threat modeling

Security automation

AI security awareness

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field

Tools

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

JFrog Xray

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our Enterprise Application Security team and drive security into the software development lifecycle from the first line of code to production. This high-impact role focuses on shift-left security, embedding guardrails and automation within CI/CD to prevent vulnerabilities before they occur.

You will partner with engineering to design secure-by-default AI development practices, manage scanners (SAST/DAST), track remediation, measure