Application Security Analyst
Northern Trust•Tempe, AZ
•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.
- Two or more 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.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.
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 determine 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
- 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
- Flexible and collaborative work culture
- Movement within the organization is encouraged
- Inclusive workplace and community support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
