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Application Security Automation Engineer-CI / CD / Python / JavaScript / Bash

Application Security Automation Engineer-CI / CD / Python / JavaScript / Bash

American ExpressPhoenix, Arizona, USA
9 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

At American Express our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation shared values and Leadership Behaviors and an unwavering commitment to back our customers communities and colleagues. As part of Team Amex youll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills develop as a leader and grow your career.

Here your voice and ideas matter your work makes an impact and together you will help us define the future of American Express.

Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology our culture and our colleagues.

American Express is seeking Application Security Automation Engineer with proven strong technical competence and leadership capability to contribute towards the success of enterprise-wide Security initiatives. Application Security Automation Engineer serves as a subject matter expert in Application security automates integrations and plays an integral role in managing monitoring & reporting on API Agentic AI security risk reduction. Application Security Engineer supports the security champion practice by evangelizing security principles and controls.

How will you make an impact in this role

  • Experience building automation tooling for security or developer efficiency
  • Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python JavaScript or Bash) and familiarity with a compiled language (Go Rust or Java)
  • Experience with GitHub automation and API integrations.
  • Strong Experience of CI / CD pipelines and how to integrate security into development workflows.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across security and engineering teams.
  • Conduct research on emerging threats vulnerabilities and technologies to stay updated on the evolving security landscape . Develop and maintain security automation tooling to enhance visibility enforce security best practices and streamline processes.
  • Automate secure design reviews and integrate security checks into pull request workflows and CI / CD pipelines
  • Collaborate with development and security teams to ensure seamless adoption of security automation.

Continuously refine automation strategies to optimize security effectiveness and reduce manual overhead

  • Support on-going vulnerability management efforts to ensure proper attack surface management.

    • Proficiency in Python with experience building automation tools for security or engineering teams

  • A strong foundation in software engineering principles including debugging testing and system design. An eagerness to learn about AI / ML with opportunities to explore the intersection of AI and security.
  • Work closely with our Engineering and Data science teams to securely design and implement new features and products.
  • Operate as an integral member of Engineering team and advocate for security best practices across the organization.
  • Strong understanding experience with OWASP Top10 and industry best practices with in Application security.

    • Security and Technical Experience

  • This role will focus on building internal security tools automating secure design reviews and integrating security guidance directly into pull requests.
  • Your work will empower both the security and development teams by reducing friction in the security review process and ensuring best practices are embedded seamlessly into the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Develop and maintain security automation tooling to enhance visibility enforce security best practices and streamline processes
  • Experience building automation tooling for security or developer efficiency.
  • Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python JavaScript or Bash) and familiarity with a compiled language (Go Rust or Java).
  • Experience with GitHub automation and API integrations.
  • Strong Experience of CI / CD pipelines and how to integrate security into development workflows.

    • Experience performing POCs regarding security tooling zero day vulnerabilities and emerging risks.

  • Familiarity with database architectures : Oracle SQL and NoSQL Databases

    • Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity Data science Computer Science or Software Engineering.
  • 5 years experience with Automation and Development in CI / CD.
  • 5 years of software engineering experience.
  • 3 Years of Cybersecurity.

    • Preferred Qualifications

  • Information security professional certifications encouraged such as SANS GIAC CISSP.
  • Experience mentoring application security and secure development practices to the team.
  • Masters Degree Cyber Security Data Science Computer Science or Software Engineering
  • Machine Learning Operation Professional Certifications.
  • Strong knowledge of Adversarial Robustness techniques and tools for machine learning.
  • Strong knowledge of AI Risk Management frameworks and Trustworthy AI practices.

    • Salary Range : $85000.00 to $150000.00 annually bonus benefits

    The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately in determining your pay well consider your location experience and other job-related factors.

    We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones physical financial and mental health as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally :

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
  • Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
  • Comprehensive medical dental vision life insurance and disability benefits
  • Flexible working model with hybrid onsite depending on role and business need
  • 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents regardless of gender offered for pregnancy adoption or surrogacy
  • Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
  • Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
  • Career development and training opportunities

    • For a full list of Team Amex benefits visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

    American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status disability status age or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws including but not limited to the California Fair Chance Act the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and / or state banking regulations American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

    We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive professionally and personally. Thats why we have Amex Flex our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs colleagues will either work onsite in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

    US Job Seekers - Click to view the Know Your Rights poster. If the link does not work you may access the poster by copying and pasting the following URL in a new browser window : eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

    Key Skills

    Continuous Integration,APIs,Automotive software,Test Cases,Electrical Engineering,Junit,Distributed Control Systems,Testng,Java,Test Automation,Programmable Logic Controllers,Selenium

    Employment Type : Full-Time

    Department / Functional Area : Security

    Experience : years

    Vacancy : 1

    Yearly Salary Salary : 85000 - 150000

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