Description

Responsibilities
- Shift left” security efforts to build security into the software development lifecycle:
- Conduct secure design reviews and threat modeling to identify and prioritize risks, attack surfaces, and vulnerabilities
- Deploy and operationalize static (SAST), agile (DAST), dependency (SCA) and secrets scanning
- Work with Platform DevOps team to build and maintain security automation tools to seamlessly embed inline security checks into CI/CD pipelines
- Partner with Platform DevOps to help design secure-by-default architectures and workflows
- Assist with application security code reviews of source code changes and advise developers on remediating vulnerabilities following secure coding practices
- Establish and track SLA governance to ensure security findings are identified, prioritized, and remediated.
- Maintain application asset inventory.
- Lead the Security Champions Program to build security-minded culture amongst developers and IT Operations teams.
- Act as a trusted advisor and partner for development and cross-functional project teams,



providing actionable guidance to address security.
- Help with training on secure coding practices, empowering teams to proactively prevent vulnerabilities.
- Evaluate and implement security tools and automation solutions to enhance the security posture of applications and streamline security processes.

PROFILE
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related professional experience.
- Have 3+ years of hands-on experience in application security, including securing cloud-based and containerized environments.
- Experience performing secure code reviews and interpreting SAST/SCA/DAST results.
- Strong experience with modern development workflows, including CI/CD pipelines, using Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions.
- Working knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 for web applications and APIs and how to apply the standard to minimize security risk.
- In-depth understanding of vulner

📌 Application Security Lead | Offshore (India)
🏢 Photon Group
📍 India