Application Security Engineer

Who We’re Looking For: The State Street Cyber Security Architecture & Engineering team is seeking an accomplished professional with proven expertise in Application Security (AppSec) and DevSecOps. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in application security, build, and release management, secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC), and the automation of security processes within CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with general automation practices is essential. The ideal candidate will show eagerness to learn and grow in all aspects of technical solutioning and will design, implement, and support agile solutions and processes leveraged by a large number of applications hosted in our environment. What you will be responsible for Help build our DevSecOps & AppSec Strategy to integrate cybersecurity into the organizational adoption and improvement of agile practices. Partner with Engineering teams to implement and operationalize DevSecOps, and AppSec principles and processes. Assist application teams with onboarding to the adopted security tools/technologies; working with vendors to troubleshoot the platform and issues related to such integrations. Assist development community to triage Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), API Security testing, and Container scanning vulnerabilities , and partner to remediate the application security vulnerabilities. Deliver and communicate reporting via dashboard, and metrics. Develop and maintain application security and DevSecOps documentation. Assist in the audit processes and provide relevant documentation to close Audit findings. Work with teams to continuously improve DevSecOps, & Application Security processes and tools. Deliver tasks based on project objectives; technically support projects through to completion.

These skills will help you succeed in this role: Experience developing software in technologies such as Java, .Net, Python, and Node.js etc. Experience in cloud technologies such as Azure and AWS. Extensive experience in application security space including SAST, DAST, SCA, API, and Container security scanning. Current information security certification, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Experience with automation and orchestration tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, or Kubernetes, is valuable. Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and experience in automating deployment and management tasks in a hybrid cloud environment is beneficial. Proven technical solutioning experience with current and emerging technologies including, but not limited to: Agile Development, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, System Hardening, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Cloud Security. Excellent verbal and written communication skills across internal and external organizations. Ability to prioritize and manage several projects or priorities simultaneously. Education & Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in information technology (IT), computer science, or related field with 6 years of relevant experience. Experience in software development and software development lifecycle (SDLC). Experience with application security tooling and its operations with modern CI/CD, and DevSecOps best practices. Experience partnering with Dev community to influence without authority to adopt application security best practices, and tooling. Security+ or other cybersecurity security certification. Experience with Agile and scrum practices. Salary Range: $120,000 - $202,500 Annual The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ. Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional