Staff Application Security Engineer

What you will do in a Staff Application Security Engineer role at Kyruus Health:

• Application Security Strategy: Lead and champion the Kyruus Health strategy for Application Security as it relates to our product portfolio for Payers, Providers, and Medical Groups.
• Leadership & Influence: Act as the internal expert, leading key outcomes and solutions within application security. You'll effectively communicate with and influence senior stakeholders and all organizational levels, providing expert guidance on complex application security challenges. You'll also influence and drive security initiatives across the organization, contributing to the overall organizational security strategy.
• Application Security Architecture & Design: Leverage your deep understanding of application security architecture and design principles to design and implement secure coding standards and guidelines. You'll provide expert security guidance to development teams, ensuring security is baked in from the ground up.
• Security Assessments & Remediation: Lead complex security assessments and penetration testing engagements, performing in-depth code reviews and basic skills in threat modeling and risk assessment. You'll proactively monitor relevant threat intelligence and communicate critical findings to the Information Security Team and other stakeholders.
• Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC): Drive the implementation and enhancement of our Secure SDLC, ensuring security is integrated seamlessly throughout.
• Mentorship & Training: Mentor other application security engineers, as well as software engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth. You'll also develop and deliver tailored security training and awareness programs, specifically focused on AppSec best practices, to various audiences across the organization.
• Risk Management & Communication: Effectively communicate complex security concepts, risks, and recommendations to various audiences, including senior management. You'll leverage your understanding of security governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) to ensure our applications meet rigorous security standards.
• Innovation & Best Practices: Introduce improvements based on fact-based analysis or benchmarking, leading to higher levels of performance. You'll demonstrate in-depth knowledge of security best practices and industry standards, consistently challenging the status quo to accelerate disruption and foster an environment where innovation and calculated risks are encouraged.
• Independent Judgment & Ownership: Exercise independent judgment in methods and techniques, creating formal networks for cross-group coordination. You'll positively and productively own failures, displaying ownership for others to witness, and prioritize and deliver on commitments efficiently to build trust with stakeholders.
• Adaptability & Resilience: React quickly, synthesize diverse feedback, and align relevant stakeholders to urgent, ever-changing priorities. You'll exhibit mental fortitude and grit, maintaining passion, perseverance, and consistency when facing adversity and difficult challenges.
• You’ll report to the Senior Director, Information Security in the Information Security Department within the Engineering & Technology Division


How You Can Grow
• Kyruus Health will bring you through an onboarding process that is both structured and self-guided, designed to enable connection and productivity as you learn more about our company, functions and products. Additionally, we have a culture of feedback, inclusive of our performance review process that provides you with the coaching, resources and opportunities to help you learn and grow with us.
• Kyruus Health also loves to see an internal transfer. If a linear career path is not what you’re looking for, you can work with your manager and HR to explore lateral moves to other parts of the organization as you continue to grow with us.

What you will bring:

• 8+ years of experience within application security, information security 
• Deep understanding of regulatory compliance standards, such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or ISO 27001, and experience in leading the implementation and maintenance of compliance programs.
• Has comprehensive knowledge of security principles, technologies, and best practices, including encryption, authentication, SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning.
• Knowledge of security principles, technologies, and best practices, including firewalls, web application firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and incident response.
• Understanding of security testing tools and techniques, such as vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and secure code analysis.
• Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and their security features, best practices, and configurations, including hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
•  Ability to provide thought leadership and strategic direction in application security, balanced with the ability to lead security assessments, penetration testing, and code reviews.
•  Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and address complex security risks and develop innovative, comprehensive mitigation strategies.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to plan, execute, and monitor security projects and initiatives, effectively prioritizing based on risk and business impact.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, enabling effective interaction with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in mentoring, coaching, and developing less experienced team members, building a strong team culture and fostering collaboration across the organization.

Compensation Information:

• Base Pay Range: $156,000- $175,000/year
• Other Compensation: In addition to your salary, this position is also eligible for our annual bonus program, equity, and benefits. Salary ranges are a guideline and pay is based on a variety of factors including; qualifications, competencies, skill-set, and organizational needs. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your candidacy and other factors during the hiring process.
• Benefits:Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited paid time off (PTO), generous paid parental leave, a home office stipend, 401(k) program with company match, and a wellness and lifestyle program. Please refer to the company's benefits section on our career page or connect with your recruiter for full details.