The Manager – Application Security leads delivery of a comprehensive application security programme spanning web application penetration testing, mobile security, source code review, and DevSecOps integration. This role blends technical depth with team leadership and stakeholder management—driving a security-by-design culture across engineering, platform, and product teams. The Manager owns the quality, and operational outcomes of the AppSec function while remaining hands-on when required. This is a practitioner-manager role: the ideal candidate is equally comfortable picking up Burp Suite or reviewing a pull request for injection flaws as managing team capacity, client relationships, and programme metrics.
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Skills & Capabilities
Non-Negotiable – Must Have
6–8+ years of progressive experience in application security, penetration testing, or a closely related security engineering discipline.
Expert-level web application penetration testing: complex chained attacks, API abuse, OAuth/OIDC flaws, deserialization, advanced injection techniques.
Hands-on mobile security testing for Android and iOS (static/dynamic analysis, Frida scripting, MASVS/MSTG alignment).
Strong source code review skills across at least two major languages—able to identify security defects manually and via SAST tooling.
Proven experience embedding security into CI/CD pipelines and operating SAST/DAST/SCA tooling in a DevSecOps environment.
Experience managing or technically leading a team of security engineers or penetration testers.
Ability to communicate complex security risk credibly to technical and executive audiences.
Good to Have
Certifications: eWPTX, OSCP, OSWE, BSCP (Burp Suite Certified Practitioner), GWAPT, GWEB, GPEN, CPENT, or equivalent offensive security credentials.
Cloud security experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP (IAM, network security, SIEM integration).
Knowledge of AI/GenAI security risks and securing ML pipelines (MLSecOps).
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Leadership & Soft Skills
Proven ability to build, mentor, and retain high-performing security teams.
Strong programme management—able to manage concurrent assessments, client deliverables, and operational priorities.
Influencing skills to drive secure-by-design adoption across engineering organisations without being a pure gatekeeper.
Commercial awareness: able to balance thoroughness, risk, and delivery timelines.
Skills & Capabilities Non-Negotiable – Must Have - 6–8+ years of progressive experience in application security, penetration testing, or a closely related security engineering discipline. - Expert-level web application penetration testing: complex chained attacks, API abuse, OAuth/OIDC flaws, deserialization, advanced injection techniques. - Hands-on mobile security testing for Android and iOS (static/dynamic analysis, Frida scripting, MASVS/MSTG alignment). - Strong source code review skills across at least two major languages—able to identify security defects manually and via SAST tooling. - Proven experience embedding security into CI/CD pipelines and operating SAST/DAST/SCA tooling in a DevSecOps environment. - Experience managing or technically leading a team of security engineers or penetration testers. - Ability to communicate complex security risk credibly to technical and executive audiences. Good to Have - Certifications: eWPTX, OSCP, OSWE, BSCP (Burp Suite Certified Practitioner), GWAPT, GWEB, GPEN, CPENT, or equivalent offensive security credentials. - Cloud security experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP (IAM, network security, SIEM integration). - Knowledge of AI/GenAI security risks and securing ML pipelines (MLSecOps). - Threat modelling frameworks: STRIDE, PASTA, attack trees. - Experience in client-facing security consulting or managed security services. Leadership & Soft Skills - Proven ability to build, mentor, and retain high-performing security teams. - Strong programme management—able to manage concurrent assessments, client deliverables, and operational priorities. - Influencing skills to drive secure-by-design adoption across engineering organisations without being a pure gatekeeper. - Commercial awareness: able to balance thoroughness, risk, and delivery timelines. Qualifications - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. - 6–8+ years of relevant experience in application security, penetration testing, or DevSecOps with progressive responsibility. - 1–2+ years in a team lead or management capacity within a security function. - Offensive security certifications (eWPTX, OSCP, OSWE, or equivalent) strongly preferred.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
6–8+ years of relevant experience in application security, penetration testing, or DevSecOps with progressive responsibility.
1–2+ years in a team lead or management capacity within a security function.
Offensive security certifications (eWPTX, OSCP, OSWE, or equivalent) strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
Leadership & Programme Management - Own and evolve the application security strategy, testing roadmap, and service catalogue aligned to business and regulatory requirements. - Lead, and mentor a team of AppSec engineers and penetration testers; manage workload, quality, and career development. - Act as the primary escalation point for application security risk decisions across engineering and product leadership. - Drive continuous improvement in AppSec tooling, methodologies, and coverage metrics. - Represent the AppSec function in client discussions, audits, risk committees, and vendor assessments. Web Application Penetration Testing - Oversee and conduct advanced web application penetration testing including complex business logic, authentication/authorisation flaws, API abuse, and chained attack scenarios. - Define and maintain testing methodology aligned to OWASP Testing Guide, PTES, and client-specific requirements. - Review and quality-assure penetration test reports produced by the team before delivery to clients or stakeholders. - Drive responsible disclosure and coordinated vulnerability management for critical findings. Mobile Application Security - Lead mobile security assessments for Android and iOS—static/dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, and runtime manipulation (Frida, objection, Drozer). - Establish and maintain mobile security standards aligned to OWASP MASVS and MSTG across product teams. - Guide development teams on secure mobile architecture: certificate pinning, secure storage, and inter-process communication security. Source Code Review - Conduct and oversee manual source code security reviews across multiple languages (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, C#, and others). - Define code review standards and integrate SAST tooling (Semgrep, Checkmarx, Veracode, SonarQube) into development workflows. - Provide actionable, developer-centric findings with clear severity ratings and remediation guidance. - Track remediation SLAs and report on code security posture trends over time. DevSecOps Integration - Lead integration of security tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, API security) into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and similar). - Define pipeline security gates, policy-as-code standards, and developer feedback loops to shift security left. - Oversee IaC security (Terraform, CloudFormation), secrets management, and supply-chain security controls. - Collaborate with platform and cloud engineering on secure architecture, baseline hardening, and runtime protection. Governance, Risk & Compliance - Own the application security risk register; track, prioritise, and report on vulnerability posture to senior leadership. - Ensure AppSec activities align with OWASP ASVS, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2. - Define and track AppSec KPIs: mean time to remediation, critical findings per release, and coverage rates. - Translate regulatory and client security requirements into testable engineering controls. AI / GenAI Security - Assess and mitigate risks in AI/GenAI applications:
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