Senior Manager, Application and Pipeline Security

Job Description:

• Lead and mentor a high-performing Application Security engineering team
• Foster professional development and align team priorities with organizational goals and operational challenges
• Drive an Application and Pipeline Security strategy toward an autonomous, AI-driven DevSecOps model
• Pioneer agentic security workflows for automated remediation and establish architectural guardrails and validation standards for secure AI-assisted development
• Partner with Platform Engineering to define cloud security baselines and Policy-as-Code guardrails
• Oversee application penetration testing, including triage, pipeline integration, and SLA-based remediation
• Establish observability and regulatory standards across the development lifecycle
• Implement supply chain safeguards, including SBOM, automated CI/CD security gates, and risk-approval protocols
• Prioritize and resolve security vulnerabilities across application environments and cloud infrastructures
• Refine SAST, DAST, SCA, and IaC scanning telemetry to reduce false positives and improve actionable intelligence
• Design automated AWS response triggers for rapid isolation and runtime threat containment
• Embed security into IDEs and CI/CD pipelines
• Architect and report performance indicators such as MTTR and Auto-Fix Acceptance Rates

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in specialized roles across Application Security or Cloud Engineering
• At least 3 years in a management or leadership capacity
• Proficiency in designing AWS security governance and deploying automated incident mitigation within large-scale cloud ecosystems
• Technical mastery of CI/CD orchestration, containerization safeguards, and integrating SAST/DAST/SCA solutions into developer-centric workflows
• Advanced automation capabilities and ability to architect security tooling
• Familiarity with AI-enhanced security technologies, including LLM-driven remediation tools and automated code-fixing platforms
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or Cybersecurity, or equivalent professional background
• Substantial professional history as a Staff or Principal Software Engineer, or DevOps Specialist, before moving into security management
• Track record of building collaborative partnerships with software engineering and platform teams
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect – Professional certification
• 5-8 years with overseeing background

Benefits:

• Comprehensive health and wellness plans
• 401(k) with a Nielsen company match
• Generous paid time off policy
• Company-provided vehicle, depending on the role
• Discretionary incentive/bonus eligibility, depending on the role
• Potential eligibility for bonuses, equity, or other incentives