Application Security Engineer (Cyber)

In this role you will strengthen the secure software development lifecycle across technology projects for a global investment manager. You will work with cross‑functional teams to design and operate appsec tooling and practices, reducing vulnerabilities and enabling secure delivery. You’ll lead and mentor in a growing security function while leveraging automation, AI-assisted evaluation, and cloud security tools to mitigate risk at scale. This is a hands‑on, impact‑driven position that combines security engineering with collaboration to protect critical applications.

• Collaborate with software and security engineers to design, maintain and improve product security tooling and services
• Act as technical advisor to product teams on automation, CI/CD and application security operations
• Use AI models and security harnesses to assess code for logic flaws and vulnerabilities
• Develop tools and automation scripts to enable developers to consume security services
• Oversee security product QA and testing processes
• Foster strong partnerships with product development teams
• Operate and optimize SCA, SAST, DAST, and IaC security tooling
• Explain penetration testing findings to engineers and guide risk mitigation
• Assess business risk of software vulnerabilities for decision making
• Improve security tooling coverage in cloud environments (Azure, AWS) and WAF/IDS capabilities

• Computer Science/Cyber Security degree
• Application development background
• Azure DevOps experience
• Experience using AI models for security evaluation of code
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python/JavaScript/C#/PowerShell)
• CISSP/CSSLP/CEH/OSCP or similar certification
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills
• Team player and collaborative mindset

• Team leadership
• Strong communication with non-technical stakeholders
• Collaboration across cross-functional teams
• Azure DevOps
• GitHub, Copilot, Codex
• OWASP Top 10