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Highmark Health is seeking aSenior Security Engineerto join our Enterprise Application Security team and play apivotal rolein shaping how security is built into our software —not bolted on after the fact.

This is ahigh-impact, engineering rolefor a security professional who ispassionate about preventing vulnerabilities before they happen.You will be at the forefront of ourshift-left security strategy, working directly alongside our engineering teams toembed security into every stage of the software development lifecycle— from the first line of code to production deployment.

If you thrive at the intersection ofsecurity engineering & architecture,developer enablement & collaboration, andautomation, and you want tobuild something that matters at enterprise scalein one of the nation's leading health and insurance organizations —this role is for you.

Build & Enforce Shift-Left Security Controls

• Design and implement security guardrailsthat catch vulnerabilities at the earliest possible point in the development process, including withinAI-assisted development workflows, IDEs, at commit time, and within CI/CD pipelines.
• Configure and enforce pipeline security gatesacross the enterprise, ensuring code, AI-generated code, infrastructure-as-code, and deployment artifactscannot advance to production without meeting defined security standards.
• Deploy and manage application security scanners, includingSAST, Dependency Scanning, Container Scanning, Secret Detection, DAST, API Security Testing, and emerging AI/LLM security assessment capabilitiesacross the enterprise development platform.
• Develop security-as-code policies and enforcement rulesthat scale across a large, distributed engineering organization.
• Partner with Software Delivery Enablement teamsto establish security controls, governance requirements, and safe usage patterns forAI coding assistants, AI agents, and AI-enabled developer tooling.

Drive Vulnerability Risk Reduction

• Lead risk-based triage and prioritization of detected vulnerabilities, leveraging exploitability signals such asEPSS scores, Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) status, reachability analysis, and emerging AI-specific risk indicators.
• Establish and track remediation SLAsaligned to vulnerability severity and business risk, with a focus oneliminating Critical and High findings before they reach production.
• Identify and remediate security risks associated with AI-generated code, AI-enabled applications, model integrations, prompt injection vulnerabilities, insecure agent behaviors, and exposure of sensitive data to AI platforms.
• Conduct root cause analysison recurring vulnerability patterns and drivesystemic improvementsthrough tooling, standards, secure development practices, and developer education.
• Monitor and report on key security health metricsincludingMean Time to Remediate (MTTR), security debt trends, pre- versus post-production detection rates, andAI security risk reduction metrics.

Automate & Optimize the Security Toolchain

• Architect and maintain the enterprise application security toolchain, ensuring tools are properly integrated, tuned, and deliveringhigh-fidelity, actionable signal.
• Evaluate, onboard, and operationalize emerging security technologiesthat improve visibility and governance overAI-assisted software development and software supply chains.
• Build automation workflowsfor vulnerability triage, escalation, assignment, and reporting,reducing manual overhead and accelerating response times.
• Continuously optimize scanner configurationsto minimize false positives and maximize detection accuracy.
• Develop dashboards and reporting pipelinesthat give engineering and security leadershipreal-time visibilityinto application security posture,AI security adoption, and policy compliance.
• Integrate security controls and monitoringinto approved AI development platforms, coding assistants, model gateways, and agentic development workflows.

Enable & Empower Developers

• Serve as a trusted, embedded security advisorto engineering teams, providinghands-on guidance, code review support, AI security consultation, and practical remediation recommendations.
• Design and deliver security training, workshops, and reference materialsthat makesecure coding, secure AI development, and responsible use of AI coding assistants accessible and actionablefor developers at all levels.
• Build and grow a Security Champions program, embedding security advocates within engineering teams to extend the AppSec program's reach across the organization.
• Create and maintain secure coding standards, secure AI development standards, design patterns, and reusable security librariesthat reduce security burden on development teams.
• Develop guidance and reference architecturesfor secure implementation ofLLMs, AI copilots, agentic workflows, model integrations, and AI-enabled business applications.
• Partner with development, architecture, and platform teamsto embedsecure-by-default AI development practicesthroughout the SDLC.

Measure, Report & Continuously Improve

• Define, track, and report on AppSec KPIsthat demonstrate program effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Establish and report on AI security metricssuch as AI tooling adoption, policy compliance, AI risk assessments completed, AI-generated code review coverage, and identified AI-related security findings.
• Conduct regular security posture reviewsand present findings, trends, and recommendations to engineering and security leadership.
• Support audit, risk, and compliance activitiesby ensuring security controls,AI governance requirements, and secure development standards are documented, measurable, and consistently enforced.
• Benchmark program maturityagainst industry frameworks such asOWASP SAMM, BSIMM, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, and emerging AI security best practices, driving year-over-year improvement.
• Continuously assess emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniquesaffecting modern software delivery pipelines, software supply chains, andAI-enabled applications.

Assist in AI Application Security & Governance

• Assist with security reviews and threat modelingforAI-enabled applications, LLM integrations, AI agents, and AI-assisted development platforms.
• Collaborate with Security Architectureto recommend and establish technical controls and guardrails supportingenterprise AI governance requirements.
• Evaluate security risks associated with AI models, prompts, training data, model supply chains, MCP integrations, and agentic workflows.
• Partner with Architecture, ISRM, and Software Delivery Enablement teamsto definesecure AI development standards and implementation patternsacross the enterprise.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience withGitLab Ultimate security featuresincluding Vulnerability Reports, Security Policies, Compliance Frameworks, and security controls supporting AI-assisted development workflows.
• Deep proficiency with application security scanning toolsincludingSAST, DAST, SCA/Dependency Scanning, Container Scanning, Secret Detection, API Security Testing, and emergingAI application security assessment capabilities.
• Deep proficiency with JFrog security and compliance toolssuch asXray and Curation, including Policies, Watches, Impact Analysis, Software Supply Chain controls, and reporting.
• Familiarity withthreat modeling methodologiessuch asSTRIDE, PASTA, and their application toAI-enabled systems, LLM integrations, and agentic workflows.
• Working knowledge of commonAI security risksincludingprompt injection, insecure output handling, excessive agency, retrieval risks, model poisoning, training data exposure, sensitive data leakage, and model supply chain threats.
• Experience designing or reviewingsecurity controls for AI-enabled applications, AI assistants, AI agents, or LLM integrations.
• Knowledge of healthcare or financial services regulatory frameworks includingHIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, NIST CSF, NIST AI RMF, or equivalent governance frameworks.
• Industry certifications such asCSSLP, GWEB, GWAPT, OSCP, AI Security certifications, or equivalent.
• Prior experience as a software developer.We strongly value candidates who understand what it's like to be on the other side of a security finding and can balance security, delivery, and developer experience.
• Experience coordinating or conductingpenetration testing, red team exercises, AI security assessments, and application threat modeling engagements.
• Experience establishing security controls and governance requirements forAI-assisted software development platforms(e.g., GitLab Duo, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, MCP-based tooling, or equivalent) within a large enterprise environment.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead teams in clearly defining requirements, deliverables and timeframes. Escalate issues and make recommendations to resolve them to the appropriate audience.

• Conduct root cause analysis to identify and resolve complex problems impacting ISRM Infrastructure.

• Develop and/or deliver technical training in complex technical areas. Mentor less senior staff in the execution of their duties.

• Complete project tasks to enable the on time, within budget and scope delivery of ISRM Infrastructure projects.

• Implement, monitor, configure, and maintain security systems.

• Assure compliance to required standards, procedures, guidelines and processes.

• Other duties as assigned or requested.

REQUIRED EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field

Substitutions

• None

PREFERRED EDUCATION

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security or related field

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 7 years with Information Security and Systems Analysis

• 7 years with Information Security and/or Information Risk Management and/or Information Technology

• 7 years with Operating Systems and Software Administration

• 7 years developing, communicating and presenting Information Security and Risk Management concepts to varying audiences

• 7 years with technologies such as Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), firewalls, endpoint protection, web/email filtering, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), digital rights management, encryption, Security Event and Incident Management (SEIM), and virtualization platforms

• 10 years with Information Security and Systems Analysis

• 7 years in IT / Information Security Risk advisory

• 7 years in-depth understanding of network security architecture, network and networking protocols

• 7 in Database Management, System Administration and Software Development Life-Cycle

• 3 years working within an information security function using the HITRUST Common Security Framework (HITRUST CSF), or the NIST 800-83 cyber security framework

SKILLS

• Knowledge of HITRUST CSF, NIST 800-83 cyber security framework, PCI, HIPAA, HITECH, COBIT, ISO 27001/2, and ITIL 3

• Familiarity with secure SDLC best practices

• Knowledge of Microsoft Apps and Suites, Windows server, SharePoint, etc.

• Strong teamwork and inter-personal skills

Additional Skills:

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent, including security policy enforcement and pipeline governance.

• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (Python, Go, Bash, or equivalent) for security automation, workflow development, and security tooling integrations.
• Familiarity with container and cloud-native security concepts including Docker, Kubernetes, cloud provider security services, and modern platform engineering practices.
• Ability to conduct focused secure code reviews and security architecture reviews across both human-authored and AI-generated code.
• Experience evaluating security implications of AI coding assistants, AI agents, MCP-enabled tooling, and AI-powered developer platforms.
• Understanding of secure AI development principles, including governance controls for AI-generated code, model consumption, prompt handling, data protection, and human review requirements.
• Preparing and delivering regular security posture briefings to engineering and security leadership, including trend analysis, KPI performance, risk summaries, AI security metrics, and forward-looking recommendations.
• Configuring and managing SCA tools (GitLab Dependency Scanning, OWASP Dependency-Check, JFrog Xray, or equivalent) across multiple package ecosystems.
• Generating, maintaining, and interpreting Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) in CycloneDX or SPDX formats.
• Applying container security best practices including minimal base images, non-root execution, read-only filesystems, image signing, and software supply chain verification.
• Designing security gates that prevent non-compliant code, dependencies, containers, or deployment artifacts from advancing through the pipeline while minimizing developer friction (GitLab, JFrog Xray, or equivalent).
• Experience implementing or supporting software supply chain security controls including artifact governance, package repository management, dependency trust validation, and build integrity protections.
• Knowledge of industry frameworks and guidance related to AI and application security, including OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, OWASP SAMM, BSIMM, NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF), and NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF).
• Ability to partner with Architecture, Software Delivery Enablement, Engineering, and Risk Management teams to define and operationalize secure AI development standards and guardrails.

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

Required

• None

PREFERRED

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Security +

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT ()?
None

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT:

0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Office-Based

Teaches/Trains others regularly

Occasionally

Travels regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site

Occasionally

Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (Sales employees)

Does Not Apply

Physical Work Site Required

Yes

Lifting: up to 10 pounds

Constantly

Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds

Occasionally

Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds

Rarely

Pay Range Minimum:

$102,700.00

Pay Range Maximum:

$164,600.00

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.