Lead Application Security Engineer

Website State of California - State Compensation Insurance Fund

Job Description and Duties

Do you have a passion for Application Security in the AI era?  Are you energized to design and test to build secure applications in a rapidly changing application technology landscape?

State Fund’s Information Technology – Systems Engineering unit is seeking a highly skilled Lead Application Security Engineer to help secure business-critical web applications, cloud, and emerging AI-enabled applications.  In this role, you’ll work closely with developers, architects, and technology leaders to identify risks, improve secure development practices, and help protect the systems that support California’s workforce.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead application security initiatives using Secure SDLC, threat modeling, OWASP, AI TRiSM and NIST best practices.
  • Perform application security architecture reviews, application code reviews, vulnerability assessments, and application penetration testing activities.
  • Drive BRD, TDD, SDD, design, and code reviews with a security-risk lens; estimate effort for SAST, DAST, IAST, and application penetration-testing initiatives.
  • Own and advance AI powered application security strategy to safeguard applications, micro-segmentation, microservices, APIs, and UI components.
  • Execute Quality Agile + DevSecOps transformation activities to improve end-to-end application security across the enterprise.
  • Perform application vulnerability exploitation, application security audits, and application penetration testing to identify and mitigate high-risk exposures.
On-site physical requirements:
  • State Fund has adopted telework for employees who can effectively perform their essential work functions remotely. However, this is an essential position where hybrid telework is available in conjunction with on-site requirements; where the selected candidate will report to their assigned location(s) on either a scheduled, rotational, or as-needed basis.
  • The selected candidate must be able to meet the essential on-site requirements by the agreed-upon start date, this could require but is not limited to relocation.
  • State Fund is not considering relocation expense reimbursement for this position.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

 

Final Filing Date: 7/11/2026

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