Senior Principal Security Engineer – Cloud & Application Security
Quick Summary
Saviynt's AI-powered identity platform manages and governs human and non-human access to all of an organization's applications, data, and business processes.
We are looking for a Principal Security Engineer to lead application and infrastructure security efforts across our engineering organization. You will be hands-on identifying vulnerabilities, writing fixes, and working directly with tiger teams to resolve critical and zero-day issues under pressure. This is not a governance-only role; you will code, review, and ship.
Lead SAST, SCA, and secret detection initiatives across Java, Spring Boot, Grails, JVM-based, and Python application and IaC stacks
Triage, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities — including writing code fixes
Define and enforce container security standards for Docker images, base image hardening, and runtime policies
Secure Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS and/or Azure AKS — RBAC, network policies, pod security standards, admission controllers
Experience with infrastructure-as-code security scanning — Terraform, CloudFormation, and Helm chart security review and hardening
Conduct threat modeling on new features and requirements provided by product teams - identify attack surfaces, data flow risks, and trust boundaries before code is written (STRIDE, DREAD, or equivalent frameworks)
Conduct targeted penetration testing and vulnerability assessments on applications and infrastructure
Assess application security needs and recommend WAF, DDoS protection, and rate limiting strategies (e.g., Cloudflare, AWS WAF/Shield, Azure Front Door)
Collaborate with tiger teams during incident response to analyze, contain, and remediate critical and zero-day vulnerabilities
Evangelize OWASP Top 10 awareness and secure coding practices across engineering teams through structured training programs, lunch-and-learns, and hands-on workshops
Administer a security training platform — curate learning paths, track completion metrics, and ensure all engineers complete baseline secure coding training
Evaluate, integrate and mature security tooling into CI/CD pipelines
Experience building internal security tooling or custom SAST/SCA rules
10+ years in software engineering or security engineering, with 5+ years focused on application and infrastructure security
AI first approach to assess, design, triage and fix issues. Produce shareable AI artifacts for others to scale fixing issues
Deep expertise in static analysis (SAST), software composition analysis (SCA), and secret scanning across JVM ecosystems (Java, Spring Boot, Grails) and Python
Strong hands-on coding ability — you can read, write, and fix code in Java, Python, and Groovy
Production experience securing Kubernetes workloads on AWS EKS or Azure AKS
Solid understanding of container security — image scanning, runtime protection, least-privilege configurations
Strong knowledge of end-to-end encryption — TLS/mTLS implementation, certificate management, PKI, key rotation, and secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS KMS,Azure Key Vault)
Proven experience conducting threat modeling on product requirements — ability to partner with product teams early in the SDLC to identify and mitigate risks before implementation
Working knowledge of network security: ingress/egress controls, TLS termination, mTLS, VPC/VNET segmentation
Practical experience with penetration testing tools and methodologies (Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, etc.)
Strong command of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and their mitigations
Demonstrated experience evangelizing security culture — delivering training, mentoring developers, and driving adoption of secure coding practices using security training platforms
Experience responding to critical security incidents and zero-day disclosures in fast-paced environments
Database security experience — access controls, query injection prevention, audit logging, encryption at the storage layer (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Elasticsearch)
Familiarity with service mesh security (Istio, Linkerd)
Design and review network security controls including ingress/egress traffic policies, service mesh configurations, and firewall rules
Implement and enforce end-to-end encryption using TLS and mTLS across services — certificate lifecycle management, trust chain validation, and zero-trust network architecture
Listing Details
- Posted
- March 17, 2026
- First seen
- March 26, 2026
- Last seen
- April 24, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 28
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 44%
- Scored at
- April 24, 2026
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Saviynt is a leading provider of cloud-native identity and governance platform solutions, empowering enterprises to secure their digital transformation, safeguard critical assets, and meet regulatory compliance.
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