Lead Application Security Engineer
- Level
- Lead
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
Key Responsibilities:
● Threat Modeling: Lead design reviews for new banking features (Payments, Transfers,
KYC). Identify logic flaws before code is written.
● Pipeline Automation: Architect and maintain the SAST/DAST/SCA tooling in the CI/CD
pipeline (e.g., SonarQube, Snyk, GitLab CI) to block vulnerabilities automatically.
● Code Review: Perform manual code audits on high-risk components (Authentication,
Ledger logic) in Java, Kotlin, or Swift.
● Cloud & AI Patterns: Deliver API, container, cloud, and AI security design patterns.
Ensure that developers have "paved roads" (secure templates) for deploying
microservices and AI models.
● Culture: Act as a mentor to the development team, running secure coding workshops and
championing a "Security Champion" program.
Technical Requirements:
● 5+ years in Application Security with a background in Software Development.
● Proficiency in at least one core language: Java (Spring Boot), Node.js, or Go.
● Deep understanding of OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25.
● Experience with CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
● Bonus: Experience in Fintech or Banking.
The team: Malaysia Team
This role is one of 40 open in Malaysia Team.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
CI/CD (9 of 40), Azure (8 of 40), Ansible (7 of 40), AWS (7 of 40), SQL (7 of 40), Git (6 of 40), Java (6 of 40)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- OCI cloud engineer posted Jul 28
- Ansible automation engineer posted Jul 28
- Strategy architect posted Jul 28
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Engineer posted Jul 28
- Tanzu engineer posted Jul 28
- OpenShift Engineer posted Jul 28
- IAM Governance Analyst posted Jul 24
- Security Engineer Analyst posted Jul 24
- Data Engineer posted Jul 22
- EDI Developer posted Jul 22
- Java Backend developer posted Jul 20
- Bill of Materials (BOM) Engineer posted Jul 20
- Mobile Engineer (Android, Kotlin) - 1058 posted Jul 14
- Mobile Engineer (iOS, Swift) -1057 posted Jul 14
- Developer (Oracle, Teradata or Hadoop) posted Jul 14
- Developer/Engineer-204 posted Jul 14
- Developer/Engineer posted Jul 14
- Developer/Engineer - Core Banking posted Jul 14
- 58- SAS Developer posted Jul 14
- Murex Developer(Risk) posted Jul 14
- AS400 / COBOL Life/Asia Developer posted Jun 23
- Principal Digital Security Architect posted Jun 22
- Senior API Security Engineer posted Jun 22
- Senior Mobile Security Engineer (Android/iOS) posted Jun 22
- ASP.Net Developer posted Jun 22
- Storage Platform Engineer posted Jun 22
- ServiceNow Engineer (Forms & Ansible Integration) posted Jun 22
- Cloud Engineer (AWS) posted Jun 22
- Senior Oracle PL SQL Developer posted Jun 22
- MFT Platform Specialist posted Jun 22
- Senior Data Engineer - Qlik Replicate posted Jun 22
- Network Security Operations Engineer posted May 4
- MUREX Developer posted Apr 17
- Business Analyst(Murex) posted Apr 17
- Developer(317) posted Apr 17
- AS400 RPG Developer posted Mar 20
- Cobol Developer posted Mar 20
- Senior Java Developer posted Jan 13
- Java Backend Developer posted Nov 18
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