Senior Application Security Engineer / DevSecOps Engineer

Overview

In this role you will drive secure software development within a health research charity, partnering with engineering, architecture and cloud teams to embed security across the SDLC. You will design and implement security testing, automate controls in CI/CD, and strengthen cloud security with Azure and AKS. The position is hands-on and focused on secure design, testing, and enabling development teams to build safer applications at scale. A meaningful opportunity to shape security practices for impactful medical research.

Pay / Benefits

• remote / hybrid working
• London office
• 80,000 DOE, negotiable
• excellent benefits package

Responsibilities

• Promote secure development with engineering and architecture teams
• Implement and maintain application security testing solutions
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines
• Strengthen security of GitHub Actions and similar CI/CD platforms
• Provide guidance on secure API design and externally accessible systems
• Support Azure cloud infrastructure including AKS
• Develop security-as-code and policy-as-code
• Automate security processes via IaC and scripting
• Maintain technical and security documentation
• Support development teams with security tooling and best practices
• Contribute to threat modeling and compliance activities

Key requirements

• Hands-on experience embedding application security into the SDLC
• Experience with Microsoft Azure security controls and cloud security governance
• Experience with KQL
• Experience securing APIs, internet-facing services, Kubernetes (prefer AKS) and containerised environments
• Experience with SAST, DAST, IAST and SCA
• Knowledge of security automation, security-/policy-as-code and secure engineering practices
• Familiarity with GitHub and GitHub Actions
• Experience with Terraform and Python
• Understanding of cloud security governance
• Experience with threat modeling in software engineering contexts
• Knowledge of ISO 27001 relevance to secure engineering
• Exposure to Agile working environments and DevSecOps practices
• Ideally experience securing data platforms such as Databricks, Dagster or Snowflake
• Eligible to work in the UK

• Collaborative and cross-functional mindset
• Strong communication and guidance skills
• Proactive problem-solver and adapter to fast-changing environments
• Azure
• AKS
• KQL

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