Application Security Manager

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• Lead and mentor a team of application security engineers and penetration testers.
• Guide team members’ daily project and operational activities
• Manage and mature the application security program through direct interactions.
• Actively seek to improve our application security and penetration testing operations.
• Identify improvement opportunities in all processes and activities involved.
• Participate in security and technology strategic planning to ensure identified risk governance is incorporated into the enterprise strategy.
• Appropriately assess risk and provide software security advice when business decisions are made.
• Set strategies, processes and oversee the management and operations of SAST, SCA, DAST, and penetration testing operations to provide coverage for the application portfolio.

• Function as a subject matter expert in application, network and cloud penetration testing, scanning platforms, exploits, tools, and techniques.
• Building and executing a security testing strategy and lead AI first transformation to improve effectiveness and efficiency of our services.
• Manage test resources to ensure maximum performance.
• Ensuring secure outcomes of application and configuration testing.
• Oversee vulnerability identification and measurement.
• Guide development teams through a review of their applications and risks against common application flaws like OWASP Top 10 and others Provide visibility to senior management along with context and prioritization of the issues.
• Operate as an advocate for Security in interactions with internal and external teams.
• Work with Risk & Compliance teams on SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and other audits as needed Research and recommend policy and procedures as they relate to Application Security
• Lead projects to implement security technologies for the entire enterprise.
• Define security guardrails through automated tool policies, SLAs, custom rules, and support the developer community.
• Help the enterprise manage vulnerabilities across automated tooling and manual security assessments.
• Work with Champions to build relationships and ensure key activities are supported and deliverables are achieved in a timely manner.
• Support the AppSec technical team and ensure relationships with Business and team maximised and effective.

•  Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer science or computer engineering, and/or 5 years equivalent work experience in application development.
• Preferred certifications are listed as follows OSCE3, OSCE, OSCP, OSWE, CCSAS, CCT, CRT, GXPN, CISSP or CSSLP or similar certification.
• 3-5 years supervisory experience preferred.
• 8-13 years direct experience in enterprise-level applications security.
• Previous experience leading teams of penetration testers strongly encouraged and highly desired.
• Experience with cloud-based application architectures

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