Role Overview The Head of Application Security & DevSecOps is responsible for integrating security into the organization's software development and technology delivery processes. This role partners directly with Engineering to build security into the development lifecycle rather than relying primarily on post-development security reviews. Key Responsibilities • Own application and API security practices. • Establish and mature the Secure SDLC. • Conduct and facilitate threat modeling. • Implement and manage SAST, DAST, SCA and secrets scanning capabilities. • Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines. • Manage application vulnerabilities and remediation. • Address open-source, dependency and software supply-chain risk. • Establish secure coding standards and developer security practices. • Define security requirements for production access and deployments. • Partner directly with U.S. and offshore Engineering teams. • Improve developer security awareness and adoption. • Automate application security testing and remediation workflows. • Establish meaningful application security metrics and reporting. Requirements Candidate Requirements • 7+ years of application security, DevSecOps, software engineering or cybersecurity experience. • Strong understanding of modern application, API and cloud architectures. • Hands-on experience with CI/CD and application security tooling. • Experience working directly with software engineering teams. • Strong understanding of software supply-chain and dependency risk. • Ability to translate security requirements into practical engineering solutions. • Financial services, fintech or regulated-industry experience preferred. • Remote- US Shift