Senior Manager, Application and Pipeline Security
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Senior Manager leading Nielsen’s AI-driven application and cloud security for media measurement platforms. Building automated DevSecOps guardrails, vulnerability remediation, and secure AWS development workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a high-performing Application Security engineering team
- Foster professional development and align team priorities with organizational goals and operational challenges
- Drive an Application and Pipeline Security strategy toward an autonomous, AI-driven DevSecOps model
- Pioneer agentic security workflows for automated remediation and establish architectural guardrails and validation standards for secure AI-assisted development
- Partner with Platform Engineering to define cloud security baselines and Policy-as-Code guardrails
- Oversee application penetration testing, including triage, pipeline integration, and SLA-based remediation
- Establish observability and regulatory standards across the development lifecycle
- Implement supply chain safeguards, including SBOM, automated CI/CD security gates, and risk-approval protocols
- Prioritize and resolve security vulnerabilities across application environments and cloud infrastructures
- Refine SAST, DAST, SCA, and IaC scanning telemetry to reduce false positives and improve actionable intelligence
- Design automated AWS response triggers for rapid isolation and runtime threat containment
- Embed security into IDEs and CI/CD pipelines
- Architect and report performance indicators such as MTTR and Auto-Fix Acceptance Rates
Requirements:
- Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in specialized roles across Application Security or Cloud Engineering
- At least 3 years in a management or leadership capacity
- Proficiency in designing AWS security governance and deploying automated incident mitigation within large-scale cloud ecosystems
- Technical mastery of CI/CD orchestration, containerization safeguards, and integrating SAST/DAST/SCA solutions into developer-centric workflows
- Advanced automation capabilities and ability to architect security tooling
- Familiarity with AI-enhanced security technologies, including LLM-driven remediation tools and automated code-fixing platforms
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or Cybersecurity, or equivalent professional background
- Substantial professional history as a Staff or Principal Software Engineer, or DevOps Specialist, before moving into security management
- Track record of building collaborative partnerships with software engineering and platform teams
- AWS Certified Security – Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect – Professional certification
- 5-8 years with overseeing background
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health and wellness plans
- 401(k) with a Nielsen company match
- Generous paid time off policy
- Company-provided vehicle, depending on the role
- Discretionary incentive/bonus eligibility, depending on the role
- Potential eligibility for bonuses, equity, or other incentives
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