Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ensemble Health Partners is a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems. They are seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to manage and optimize the application security tool stack, ensuring its effective integration into the software development lifecycle while collaborating with various teams to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
Responsibilities
- Manage and optimize application security tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC, secret scanning) and ensure effective integration into CI/CD pipelines and the SDLC lifecycle
- Analyze source code and infrastructure-as-code for security vulnerabilities and provide actionable remediation guidance
- Validate and triage findings from security tools, removing false positives and ensuring accurate issue tracking
- Create and manage remediation tickets (e.g., Aha! Ideas, ServiceNow Requests), ensuring vulnerabilities are prioritized, assigned, and tracked to resolution
- Collaborate with development and engineering teams to validate remediation efforts and confirm closure of security issues
- Participate in the risk management process by documenting, reviewing, and maintaining risk exceptions for unresolved or accepted vulnerabilities
- Work with risk owners and business stakeholders to ensure appropriate compensating controls are in place and documented
- Lead secure code reviews and contribute to threat modeling and design discussions for high-risk applications
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on secure development practices
- Contribute to the development and refinement of secure coding standards, policies, and procedures
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reports that communicate application security posture, remediation progress, and risk trends to leadership
- Identify recurring security issues and propose systemic improvements to reduce future risk
- Lead efforts to evaluate, pilot, and implement new application security tools and integrations that enhance automation and coverage
- Continuously refine scanning configurations and policies to improve signal-to-noise ratio in findings
- Stay informed on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and industry trends, and recommend improvements to tooling and processes
- Participate in the evaluation and onboarding of new security tools and technologies
- Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to analyze and troubleshoot complex production issues
Skills
- Deep expertise in application security tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, secret scanning)
- Strong understanding of secure coding principles and SDLC integration
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages (e.g., .NET, Python, JavaScript)
- Ability to analyze and validate security findings, prioritize risk, and guide remediation
- Strong attention to detail in identifying false positives and systemic security gaps
- Ability to clearly communicate technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Skilled in writing documentation, reports, and presenting findings to cross-functional teams
- Experience working in Agile/DevOps environments with cross-functional teams
- Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead small-scale security initiatives
- Ability to work effectively with a remotely located team spanning multiple time zones
- Commitment to staying current with evolving security tools, threats, and best practices
- Active pursuit of professional development and relevant certifications
- Manage and optimize application security tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC, secret scanning) and ensure effective integration into CI/CD pipelines and the SDLC lifecycle
- Analyze source code and infrastructure-as-code for security vulnerabilities and provide actionable remediation guidance
- Validate and triage findings from security tools, removing false positives and ensuring accurate issue tracking
- Create and manage remediation tickets (e.g., Aha! Ideas, ServiceNow Requests), ensuring vulnerabilities are prioritized, assigned, and tracked to resolution
- Collaborate with development and engineering teams to validate remediation efforts and confirm closure of security issues
- Participate in the risk management process by documenting, reviewing, and maintaining risk exceptions for unresolved or accepted vulnerabilities
- Work with risk owners and business stakeholders to ensure appropriate compensating controls are in place and documented
- Lead secure code reviews and contribute to threat modeling and design discussions for high-risk applications
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on secure development practices
- Contribute to the development and refinement of secure coding standards, policies, and procedures
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reports that communicate application security posture, remediation progress, and risk trends to leadership
- Identify recurring security issues and propose systemic improvements to reduce future risk
- Lead efforts to evaluate, pilot, and implement new application security tools and integrations that enhance automation and coverage
- Continuously refine scanning configurations and policies to improve signal-to-noise ratio in findings
- Stay informed on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and industry trends, and recommend improvements to tooling and processes
- Participate in the evaluation and onboarding of new security tools and technologies
- Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to analyze and troubleshoot complex production issues
- Must be inquisitive and demonstrate openness to innovation including AI to explore better processes and ways to alleviate friction and improve patient and client experiences
Benefits
- Associate Benefits –We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial health of you and your family, including healthcare, time off, retirement, and well-being programs.
- Our Culture – Ensemble is a place where associates can do their best work and be their best selves. We put people first, last and always. Our culture is rooted in collaboration, growth, and innovation.
- Growth – We invest in your professional development. Each associate will earn a professional certification relevant to their field and can obtain tuition reimbursement.
- Recognition – We offer quarterly and annual incentive programs for all employees who go beyond and keep raising the bar for themselves and the company.
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