Senior Engineer - Application Security

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

BMS is seeking a Senior Engineer - Application Security with 5+ years of experience to lead and strengthen application security practices. This role will drive security across the software development lifecycle, lead SAST, SCA and DAST  capabilities, perform penetration testing, and advance AI-assisted code scanning and secure coding practices.

·   Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of SAST, SCA and DAST across the application portfolio.

·   Lead the Application Security scope and coverage governance process.

·   Plan and perform penetration testing of web applications and APIs, validate findings, explain business impact, and support remediation and retesting.

·   Embed automated security checks and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.

·   Drive the adoption of AI-assisted code scanning, validate result quality, and improve tooling effectiveness.

·   Partner with development and architecture teams on secure design, threat modeling, and remediation of complex vulnerabilities.

·   Develop automation using Python, Java or similar languages and integrate security tools through REST APIs.

·   Mentor junior team members and act as an escalation point for complex application security issues.

·   Track application security risks, remediation progress and key metrics, and communicate priorities to technical and business stakeholders.

·   Utilize cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) tools such as Wiz.io to assess and mitigate code and cloud vulnerabilities across AWS, Azure and GCP cloud environments, and conduct regular security assessments to maintain compliance with industry standards.

·   5+ years of hands-on application security experience, including SAST, SCA and DAST.

·   Strong experience in penetration testing of web applications and APIs, including manual testing.

·   Strong understanding of secure SDLC, OWASP Top 10, CWE, DevSecOps and vulnerability management.

·   Coding or scripting skills in Python, Java, or a similar language, with the ability to develop proof-of-concept exploits from scratch and package multi-stage attack chains into automated, repeatable tools.

·   Experience integrating security testing into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.

·   Experience with cloud security services and mitigating cloud and code vulnerabilities in multi-cloud environments, including AWS, Azure and GCP.

·   Strong communication skills and the ability to lead cross-functional security initiatives.

·   Experience with AI-assisted code scanning or security testing of AI/LLM-enabled applications.

·   Relevant certification such as OSCP, GWAPT, CSSLP, CISSP or equivalent.

·   Experience supporting an enterprise-scale application security program.

·   Technical leadership and security judgment

·   Risk-based prioritization and problem solving

·   Stakeholder influence and clear communication

·   Mentoring, ownership and continuous improvement

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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