Job Summary

The Application Security Engineer designs, implements, and operates security controls that protect enterprise applications and services on a scale. The role partners with application owners, identity, cloud, and network teams to prevent, detect, and remediate risks across web apps, APIs, and SaaS solutions while advancing policies, standards, and automation aligned to Zero Trust principles.

Key Responsibilities
- Deploy, configure, and operate controls across WAF, API security, bot/DDoS mitigation, identity/MFA, egress/DLP/SSL inspection, and SaaS security posture management (SSPM).
- Triage and remediate application and SaaS vulnerabilities / misconfigurations , drive hardening and exception governance.
- Build and maintain security standards, procedures, and baseline policies for internet-facing services; review and approve exceptions.
- Integrate security checks and guardrails into CI/CD and change processes; ensure inventory/CMDB accuracy for protected services.
- Develop and publish operational dashboards and metrics; clearly communicate status, risks,



and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with engineering and vendors to troubleshoot complex issues and deliver durable fixes.
- Continuously monitor and respond to security incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
- Secure and monitor data egress to prevent unauthorized data movement; promote secure data handling practices with developers and DevOps.
- Support internal/external audits and assessments; close findings with monitored sustainable controls.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field.
- 7+ years experience in Application/SaaS Security or related security engineering roles, operating WAF, identity/MFA, egress/DLP, and SSPM at scale.
- Web and API security expertise (OWASP Top 10/API, policy baselines, logging/monitoring, bot/DDoS mitigation).
- Identity and access security for admi

📌 Application Security Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Applied Materials
📍 Bengaluru