Specialist, Application Security

PGIM Real Estate (Prudential)

Newark, NJ, United States
Base: $99,700.00 to $148,500.00; bonus/equity: yea...
Application security program management
Vulnerability and security scanning tools
Devops and ci/cd security automation
As an Application Security Specialist, you will drive Prudential’s risk reduction efforts across the global enterprise by securing modern applications and ensuring secure-by-design development best practices

Job Summary

  • As an Application Security Specialist, you will drive Prudential’s risk reduction efforts across the global enterprise by securing modern applications and ensuring secure-by-design development best practices.
  • The role offers market competitive base salaries with yearly bonus potential, comprehensive medical and wellness benefits, 401(k) with company match, and various leave and education benefits.
  • Prudential fosters a culture of digital transformation and innovation, providing opportunities to grow skills and advance careers within a leading financial services institution.

Matching Summary

As an Application Security Specialist, you will drive Prudential’s risk reduction efforts across the global enterprise by securing modern applications and ensuring secure-by-design development best practices.

Salary

Base: $99,700.00 to $148,500.00; Bonus/Equity: Yearly bonus potential; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, PTO, 401(k) with match, pension, wellness programs, education benefits, employee stock purchase plan

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Application security program management
  • Vulnerability and security scanning tools
  • DevOps and CI/CD security automation
  • Cloud-native security expertise
  • Secure software development lifecycle
  • OWASP Top 10 and industry frameworks knowledge

Nice-to-have

  • Coaching and mentoring skills
  • Agile development methodologies
  • Strong communication and collaboration
  • Creative problem solving and systems thinking
  • Security exploit validation and penetration testing
  • Agentic AI for security use cases

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor of Computer Science or related experience
  • Experience with vulnerability management platforms
  • Knowledge of industry security standards (SOX, NIST, CIS, PCI DSS)
  • Security certifications beyond introductory level (e.g., GWAPT, CASP+, GCFA, GPEN, OSCP)
  • Scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
  • Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP)

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