Job Purpose
As we continue to expand our market share in the rapidly emerging Employee Experience platform category, we are looking for an Application Security Manager. This role is responsible for building and executing a comprehensive application security programme that combines strategic oversight with hands‑on technical execution. The Application Security Manager ensures that security is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), enabling Unily to deliver secure products at speed.
The Application Security Manager will define and enforce secure development policies and practices, establish privacy by design principles, and manage the risk and escalation process. They will actively engage in technical assurance activities such as threat modelling, application testing, dependency analysis, cloud and container security assessments and CI/CD pipeline hardening.
The role will act as both a strategic partner to leadership and a trusted advisor to engineering teams, serving as a customer‑facing point of contact when required.
Main Responsibilities
- Define and maintain secure development policies and privacy by design requirements
- Own the risk acceptance and escalation process, maintaining the risk register
- Develop and measure the application security strategy leveraging frameworks such as OWASP SAMM
- Support RFPs and sales responses on application security matters
- Lead and coordinate external penetration testing engagements and remediation follow‑up
- Drive risk‑based prioritisation, assigning and validating CVSS scores
- Deliver and manage secure development training programs
- Conduct and facilitate threat modelling and architecture and design security reviews
- Perform or coordinate application security testing
- Generate and manage software bills of materials (SBOMs) to manage supply‑chain risks
- Ensure build verification and oversee IaC and container/Kubernetes scanning within pipelines
- Provide guidance on secure cloud‑native architectures
- Evaluate and apply security testing tools and techniques (e.g. Burpsuite, fuzzing, IaC scanners, static analysers)
- Contribute to security metrics, reports and dashboards
- Collaborate with engineering, operations and product teams to embed security best practices throughout the whole SDLC
Requirements
- Proven experience in application security
- Strong knowledge of secure software development practices, DevSecOps and CI/CD security integration
- Hands‑on experience with application security testing tools and techniques (e.g. SAST, DAST, dependency checkers, IaC scanners, secret detection, container security tools)
- Understanding of threat modelling, architecture and design reviews and offensive security principles
- Familiarity with compliance and regulatory frameworks
- Experience with risk acceptance processes, CVSS scoring and vulnerability management
- Experience managing external penetration testing vendors
- Familiarity with SBOMs and software supply‑chain security
- Strong background in cloud and container security
- Ability to communicate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders
- Knowledge of data privacy regulations and GDPR, and how they intersect with application security
- Certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, OSWE, OSCP or equivalents
- Degree in computer science, cyber security, related fields or equivalent experience
Benefits
In addition to a generous base salary and discretionary company bonus, you will enjoy:
- Our awesome team culture – we are focused on achieving results as a team and having fun while we do it.
- Our industry‑leading product – the product evolves continuously, and you’ll have the tools and resources to become a Unily expert.
- The flexibility we offer – we operate on a hybrid basis and encourage a sustainable work/life balance.
- Bright and modern office spaces – well‑stocked kitchen and a dog‑friendly environment.
- A fantastic suite of benefits: 25 days holiday plus an extra paid day off to celebrate your birthday, Vitality life cover (for health, sight, hearing and dental), Aviva pension via a salary‑sacrifice scheme, life assurance, income protection and more.
- Commitment to sustainability and giving back – 1 fully paid volunteering day per year, employee matching charity donation scheme and an option to lease an electric vehicle through our salary‑sacrifice scheme.
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