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Security Engineer

Summary

The Senior Application Security Engineer will embed security into the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines, working with engineering teams to implement DevSecOps practices and secure cloud platforms. The role focuses on security automation, vulnerability management, and policy-as-code using tools like Python, Azure, and Kubernetes.

Security / Python / DevSecOps / Azure / Security Engineer


Role: Senior Application Security Engineer

Remote UK | 1 day per week in London

Salary: Up to £85,000


We’re looking for a Senior Application Security Engineer to join our security team and help embed security across the software development lifecycle.


This is a hands-on role working closely with engineering, cloud and architecture teams to drive a shift-left, DevSecOps approach and build secure applications and platforms.


The role

  • Embed security into the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub Actions.
  • Implement and operate SAST, DAST, IAST and SCA tooling.
  • Secure applications, APIs, Kubernetes and containers.
  • Develop security and policy-as-code capabilities using tools such as OPA.
  • Help secure cloud and data platforms, including Databricks, Dagster and Snowflake.
  • Support threat modelling and ISO 27001 activities.
  • Operate and improve application security services and tooling.
  • Work directly with developers to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.


About you


You’ll have strong hands-on experience in application security and ideally:

  • Terraform and Python skills, with KQL advantageous.
  • Experience securing GitHub/GitHub Actions, Kubernetes and APIs.
  • Strong knowledge of application security testing and vulnerability management.
  • Experience with DevSecOps, threat modelling and security automation.
  • Knowledge of ISO 27001.
  • Strong cloud security knowledge Azure (Preferred)


If you’re looking for a role where you can make a real impact on application security and work closely with engineering teams, we’d love to hear from you.


Security / Python / DevSecOps / Azure / Security Engineer

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