Senior Application Security Analyst - Vice President
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High-value position in application security, requiring deep expertise and offering competitive benefits; ideal for seasoned professionals in cybersecurity.
- Competitive benefits and support for cybersecurity initiatives
- Engagement in innovative application security projects
- Mentorship opportunities for aspiring security analysts
- Requires substantial experience (12+ years)
Pros
- Strong focus on application security within a reputable financial institution
- Engagement with innovative security tools and methodologies
- Opportunities for mentorship and professional growth
Cons
- Extensive experience required (12+ years)
- Potentially high workload with multiple responsibilities
- Complexity of compliance and regulatory environments may increase pressure
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • On-site
Good fit
- Experienced application security analysts
- Leaders in cybersecurity with mentorship capabilities
- Professionals dedicated to enhancing application security
Not recommended for
- Junior analysts without relevant experience
- Candidates preferring less complex roles
- Individuals uninterested in working under regulatory scrutiny
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
The Senior Application Security Analyst position is part of CISO organization and provide application security services to Citi businesses in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Candidates perform deep-dive source code review for the development organizations and collaborate with teams to ensure proper remediation.
Responsibilities:
- Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST).
- Conduct in-depth manual source code reviews to identify vulnerabilities, including logical flaws, business logic bypasses, and insecure design patterns, complementing automated SAST findings.
- Review and validate automated testing results and prioritize actions that resolve issues based on overall risk. Perform application binary analysis when source code is not available.
- Identify opportunities to automate, develop custom rules and standardize information security controls. Participate in conference calls with engineering team to ensure proper scan coverage and effective results.
- Design, develop, and implement AI/ML-driven utilities and models to enhance source code analysis, predict vulnerabilities, and automate the validation of security findings.
- Write formal security assessment report for each application, using our company's standard reporting format.
- Direct the development and delivery of secure solutions by coordinating with business and technical teams. Collaborate with application teams to ensure that any identified security vulnerabilities are remediated in a timely manner, providing practical guidance on secure coding best practices and vulnerability prevention.
- Manage and execute security assessments for multiple projects simultaneously and ensure project timelines are met.
- Research and explore new testing tools and methodologies. Act as a mentor to the junior team members.
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Qualifications:
- At least 12+ years of relevant experience in web development, source code review, or application security testing.
- Deep understanding and proven expertise in application security principles, common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10, CWE), and secure coding practices.
- Development background in Java/J2EE, C#, .NET (and other relevant enterprise languages like Python, JavaScript/Node.js) in an enterprise environment.
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and integrating automated security tools, including AI/ML-driven solutions, into the Software Development Life Cycle.
- Experience using commercial enterprise automated security testing tools such as Burp, Fortify, Checkmarx, Blackduck, Snyk. Proficiency in leveraging SAST tools and experience with manual code review techniques and tools/IDEs to identify complex vulnerabilities.
- Demonstrated experience in AI/ML development, including data modeling, algorithm design, and implementation using Python and relevant libraries/frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
- Familiarity with natural language processing (NLP) techniques for code analysis is a plus.
- Professional certifications, such as CISSP, CSSLP (highly preferred), GIAC, CEH or willingness to obtain.
Education:
- At least bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
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