Application Security Lead - London, United Kingdom - La Fosse

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    Application Security Lead - Financial Services - London (3 days a week in office) - up to £95,000 + bonus + benefits

    La Fosse has partnered with a leading Insurance Organization who are looking to hire an Application Security Lead. This role will be responsible for establishing an Application Security function from the ground up, which will involve the implementation of tooling, processes and frameworks.

    As the first Application Security hire, you will work closely with Application, Platform, and Support teams, to embed a shift left culture within SDLC.

    Responsibilities:

    • Lead on application threat and vulnerability management for prioritising and fixing vulnerabilities.
    • Cultivate strong relationships with IT and Security stakeholders.
    • Monitor application security tools and metrics against SLAs.
    • Collaborate with the wider Security and development teams on deploying scanning tech.
    • Partner with Security teams to assess and mitigate application vulnerabilities.
    • Coordinate with IT and Enterprise Security for deploying and maintaining scanning solutions.

    Requirements:

    • Experience in building Application Security programmes.
    • Previous hands-on experience as an AppSec Engineer, Software Security Engineer or Software Engineer will be advantageous.
    • Experience in implementing SAST/DAST/SCA tooling.
    • Knowledge of frameworks such as OWASP