Application Security Engineering Lead

Athene
Iowa
Full timeFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 6+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Critical thinking","Adaptability","Innovation","Bias for action"]

Define how secure software is built across the enterprise by engineering scalable application, cloud, and identity security capabilities. Collaborate with Software Engineering, Cloud Platform Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and Information Security to create reusable security platforms, automation, and developer-first tools. Lead cloud identity engineering across AWS and Azure, embed secure authentication/authorization and API security across the SDLC, and drive security innovation through automation, AI-enabled solutions, and mentorship.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Athene
Athene
1 month ago

Application Security Engineering Lead

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 12 minutes agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Define how secure software is built across the enterprise by engineering scalable application, cloud, and identity security capabilities. Collaborate with Software Engineering, Cloud Platform Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and Information Security to create reusable security platforms, automation, and developer-first tools. Lead cloud identity engineering across AWS and Azure, embed secure authentication/authorization and API security across the SDLC, and drive security innovation through automation, AI-enabled solutions, and mentorship.
Location: Iowa
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and evolve reusable application and identity security capabilities (e.g., identity-as-code, policy-as-code, security libraries, and platform integrations).
  • •Partner with engineering teams to embed secure authentication, authorization, API security, and secure software design throughout the SDLC using OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT, mTLS, and PKI.
  • •Lead cloud identity engineering across AWS and Azure by developing scalable identity solutions, IaC guardrails, security automation, and modern workload identity capabilities.
  • •Drive security engineering innovation through automation, AI-enabled solutions, developer enablement, technical mentorship, and continuous improvement.
  • •Define and implement enterprise security patterns for non-human identities, machine identities, AI agents, secrets management, certificate lifecycle management, and workload authentication for cloud-native applications.

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of relevant experience in application security, software security engineering, cloud security, identity security, or related fields.
  • •Deep expertise in secure software engineering, including OWASP Top 10, threat modeling, secure architecture, SAST/DAST, and Software Composition Analysis (SCA).
  • •Strong technical expertise implementing identity and authentication technologies such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, JWT, mTLS, PKI, and certificate management.
  • •Hands-on experience securing AWS and Azure environments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, and security automation with Python, Go, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Experience:6+ yearsApplication securityCloud securityIdentity security
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CollaborationCritical thinkingAdaptabilityInnovationBias for action
Tech Stack:OWASP Top 10Threat modelingSecure architectureSASTDASTSoftware Composition Analysis (SCA)API securitySDLCOAuth 2.0OpenID Connect (OIDC)SAMLJWTMTLSPKICertificate lifecycle managementAWSAzureInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCloudFormation

Company Brief

Athene
Provides retirement services and retirement solutions including fixed and indexed annuities, reinsurance, and institutional products to help individuals and institutions manage retirement risks and savings.
Industry: Insurance
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Hamilton, Bermuda
Founded: 2009
WebsiteLinkedIn