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# Lead, Application Security Engineering

- **Company:** Northern Trust
- **Location:** Tempe, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $94,620 - $160,740
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Programming Tools, Github, Reliability Engineering, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Scripting, Enterprise Software Applications, Software Security, Information Technology, Checkmarx, Software Version Control, Devsecops, Servicenow
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/60512362-lead-application-security-engineering

## About the Role

* Hands-on experience engineering, integrating, or supporting complex enterprise software, platform, infrastructure, DevSecOps, security, or comparable technical capabilities.

 * Experience building integrations or automation using APIs, scripting, workflow technologies, software development, or comparable engineering methods.

 * Experience solving complex technical problems across CI/CD, source control, developer tooling, cloud services, enterprise platforms, or comparable software-delivery environments., * Eight or more years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, infrastructure engineering, security engineering, systems integration, or a related technical discipline.

 * Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience integrating security testing, security controls, or other technical services into software-delivery and developer workflows.

 * Experience with enterprise platforms such as GitHub, Checkmarx, ServiceNow, cloud technologies, or comparable development, workflow, and security technologies.

 * Experience improving technical capabilities through automation, observability, reliability engineering, or transition from manually intensive or vendor-supported delivery.

## Description

The Lead, Application Security Engineering will help engineer, run, and continuously improve the technical capabilities that support Northern Trust's Application Security program.

This is a hands-on engineering role responsible for improving security platforms, integrations, automation, developer workflows, reliability, and technical service delivery. The role will solve complex engineering problems while developing reusable technical patterns and automation that enable Application Security capabilities to scale.

Prior Application Security experience is not required. The successful candidate will bring strong enterprise engineering experience and the ability to improve complex technical capabilities across systems and teams.

Job Responsibilities

 * Engineer and improve Application Security platforms, integrations, automation, and technical workflows.

 * Design and enhance integrations across source control, CI/CD, security, cloud, workflow, and enterprise technology platforms.

 * Troubleshoot complex technical failures and improve capability reliability, observability, recovery, and scalability.

 * Automate repeatable technical work as workflows become sufficiently understood, while developing reusable engineering patterns and technical documentation.

 * Provide hands-on technical leadership and partner with engineering teams, technology partners, and vendors to improve Application Security delivery.