Application Security Analyst

Northern Trust • Tempe, AZ

3d • $69,825 - $111,815 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Application Security Analyst helps developers and technology teams understand, evaluate, and address Application Security findings. This hands-on role combines security analysis, remediation guidance, false-positive evaluation, effective challenge, validation, and developer partnership. The analyst develops the technical judgment needed to interpret security findings and translate them into practical security outcomes, working directly with software-development teams and building deeper technical expertise.

Requirements

• Experience in Application Security, product security, secure software development, DevSecOps security, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, or a comparable application-focused security discipline.
• Experience analyzing application vulnerabilities, security findings, source code, software behavior, or related technical evidence.
• Experience working with software developers, engineering teams, or comparable technical partners to understand or address software-security issues.
• At least two years of relevant professional experience in Application Security, software security, secure software development, security testing, or a related technical discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with static analysis, software-composition analysis, secret scanning, penetration-testing findings, or comparable Application Security capabilities.
• Experience providing remediation guidance, false-positive analysis, finding validation, or other technical security support in a software-development environment.
• Experience with common software-development, source-control, CI/CD, or Application Security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Analyze Application Security findings and supporting technical evidence to understand their security relevance and appropriate treatment.
• Help developers understand vulnerabilities and provide practical remediation guidance.
• Evaluate false-positive assertions and other technical explanations using available evidence and appropriate effective challenge.
• Review remediation evidence and support technically defensible finding validation and closure.
• Partner with senior Application Security practitioners and software-development teams.
• Contribute reusable guidance and identify opportunities to improve the customer experience.

Benefits

• Retirement benefits, including 401(k) and pension.
• Health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, and disability coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Parental and caregiver leave.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Other voluntary and well-being benefits.
• Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level