Senior Director Application Security
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Role summary
Manages, directs, or supervises staff responsible for implementing application security engineering practices across software development and deployment environments. Oversees initiatives related to secure application architecture, security code review, vulnerability detection, and integration of automated security testing tools into development pipelines. Works with software engineering, DevOps, and cybersecurity teams to identify and mitigate security risks in applications, APIs, and software platforms. Ensures development teams follow secure coding standards and security testing methodologies and that security tools and processes are effectively integrated into continuous integration and deployment workflows. Typically requires several years of experience in application security, software engineering, DevSecOps, or cybersecurity engineering and a degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information security, or a related technical field.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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