Lead, Application Security

Prudential

Newark, NJ, United States
Base: $123,700.00 - $204,100.00; bonus/equity: yea...
Application security program
Devsecops
Cloud security
You will play a critical technical and strategic leadership role in advancing Prudential’s enterprise application security program

Job Summary

  • You will play a critical technical and strategic leadership role in advancing Prudential’s enterprise application security program.
  • You will lead complex initiatives that secure applications at scale, influence future architecture and engineering practices, and embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines through automation and self-service enablement.
  • Prudential offers market competitive base salaries with yearly bonus potential, comprehensive medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, and a company-funded pension plan.

Matching Summary

You will play a critical technical and strategic leadership role in advancing Prudential’s enterprise application security program.

Salary

Base: $123,700.00 - $204,100.00; Bonus/Equity: Yearly bonus potential; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, PTO, 401(k) plan with company match, pension plan, wellness programs, work/life resources, education benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Application Security Program
  • DevSecOps
  • Cloud Security
  • SAST, SCA, DAST, ASPM tooling
  • CI/CD pipeline integration
  • Vulnerability and risk governance

Nice-to-have

  • Influence without authority
  • Forward-looking mindset
  • Developer experience improvement
  • Agentic AI or AI-assisted approaches

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor of Computer Science/Engineering or related fields
  • Deep familiarity with vulnerability and security frameworks
  • Proven experience leading application security programs
  • Experience working in agile and DevSecOps environments
  • Hands-on experience with industry frameworks (OWASP Top 10, WSTG)
  • Scripting and automation experience (Python, PowerShell, Bash)

Work Rights

Not specified

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