Application Security Engineer

Join Auto-Owners Insurance’s IT Division as an application security specialist supporting secure software delivery across applications.

Responsibilities

• Assess security vulnerabilities to determine impact to systems and partner with development teams to prioritize remediation for known issues
• Guide development teams with application security best practices
• Monitor applications for newly discovered vulnerabilities and support ongoing identification efforts
• Provide management with clear status updates and progress on the application security posture
• Collaborate with developers, architects, project leaders, and management to resolve issues and recommend alternatives

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience) is required
• Past experience working on one or more application development teams is strongly preferred
• Knowledge of Java and RESTful services is strongly preferred
• Experience with (or willingness to learn) Splunk is strongly preferred
• Experience with a modern IDE is strongly preferred
• Experience with the company’s current security tools is preferred
• Familiarity with OWASP and CVEs is preferred
• Enthusiasm for improving processes by finding and implementing solutions to new security challenges
• Ability to learn and use tools and software development techniques as practiced, acquired, or adopted within the IT Division
• Must be able to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship

Technologies

• Java
• RESTful services
• Splunk
• OWASP
• CVEs

Work Arrangement / Location

• Hybrid: after initial training in-person, flexibility to work from home up to 3 days per week
• All candidates must be able to work in a tech office
• Tech offices for this role: Lansing, MI and Grand Rapids, MI
• Not currently hiring fully remote roles

Benefits

• Friendly work environment
• Structured training program
• Employee mentoring
• Excellent compensation/benefits package
• Competitive base salary
• Matched 401(k)
• Fully-funded pension plan once vested
• Bonus programs
• Generous paid time off including holidays, vacation days, personal time, and sick leave

Equal Employment Opportunity

Auto-Owners Insurance Company is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for hire, transfer, and promotion based on ability, without consideration of disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other factor contrary to federal, state, or local law.