Remote Senior AppSec Engineer – Secure SDLC Leader

Placements24; East London; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-based incentives

Health benefits

Professional development budget

Job summary

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior Application Security Engineer for a fully remote role. You will embed security into the Software Development Lifecycle, perform security reviews, and implement automated testing within CI/CD pipelines to protect critical software.

You will collaborate with development teams to remediate vulnerabilities, stay ahead of threats, and contribute to security architecture and standards for applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in software development or application security engineering.
• Proven experience securing web applications and APIs against common threats (OWASP Top 10).
• Hands-on experience with security testing tools (Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Veracode, Checkmarx).
• Strong understanding of secure coding principles and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating security tools into them.

Responsibilities

• Integrate security into the SDLC, including threat modeling, security requirements gathering, and security design reviews.
• Develop and implement secure coding guidelines and best practices.
• Conduct security assessments of web applications, APIs, and mobile applications.
• Implement and manage security testing tools, including SAST, DAST, and IAST.
• Automate security testing processes within CI/CD pipelines.
• Work closely with development teams to remediate identified vulnerabilities.
• Provide security training and guidance to developers and other technical staff.
• Stay current with application security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation techniques.
• Perform security reviews of third-party components and libraries.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of security architecture and standards for applications.

Skills

OWASP Top 10

Burp Suite

OWASP ZAP

Veracode

Checkmarx

CI/CD security

Secure coding

Cloud security

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Cybersecurity

Job description

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior Application Security Engineer for a fully remote role. You will embed security into the Software Development Lifecycle, perform security reviews, and implement automated testing within CI/CD pipelines to protect critical software.

You will collaborate with development teams to remediate vulnerabilities, stay ahead of threats, and contribute to security architecture and standards for applications.