Head of Application Security

Posted 14 hours 59 minutes ago by Robert Walters UK

Permanent
Not Specified
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description

My client, an up-and-coming re-insurance organisation, is looking for a Head of Application Security to join their growing team in London.

About the Head of Application Security Role:

In this role, you will work closely with Engineering, SRE, and Product teams to embed risk-conscious technical security controls into their services, products, development workflows, and activities.

What will you be doing?

You will act as a subject matter expert on application security, conduct Threat Modelling exercises with engineering teams, and develop cloud-native security tooling. Your work will involve automating security processes and leveraging infrastructure as code.

Bringing your experience in writing and reviewing code, along with a strong interest in security, you will facilitate and manage security testing workflows within the SDLC using code and runtime security scanners and vulnerability testing tools. You will also enable cloud security governance for AWS and GCP through security monitoring, posture management, and vulnerability management.

Team and Environment:

This role is part of the Security Architecture and Engineering (SANE) team within the Cyber Security department. The team comprises cyber security experts who enable the business, product, and engineering teams to build and operate secure platforms and offerings. If you enjoy thinking outside the box, solving problems, and have a curious nature, this is an excellent opportunity!

Application Process:

If you're interested, please apply via this advert or contact me at . You can also email your CV to .

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