Application Security Engineer

Who is Forcepoint?

Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you!

An AppSec Engineer partners closely with engineering and product teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC), proactively identify risks, and ensure secure design, development, and deployment of products.

This role is based in the Forcepoint Cork office in Ireland and follows a hybrid work model, with a minimum of two days per week working from the office.

Key Responsibilities

1. Secure SDLC & Design (Shift-left)

Lead threat modeling and secure design (SxD) activities

Define and enforce secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP Top 10)

Partner with engineering during architecture and design phases

2. Security Testing & Validation

Perform a wide range of application security activities across SDLC.

Code reviews (manual and tool-assisted)

Static analysis (SAST)

Dynamic testing (DAST)

Penetration testing

Identify, triage, and validate vulnerabilities

Support remediation and verify fixes

3. DevSecOps, Automation & AI Enablement

Integrate security tools into CI/CD pipelines

Automate scanning, reporting, and ticketing workflows

Build tooling to scale AppSec across products

Leverage AI/ML capabilities to enhance vulnerability detection, prioritization, and remediation workflows

4. Risk Assessment & Vulnerability Management

Assess risk, exploitability, and impact

Prioritize vulnerabilities and track remediation

Maintain security posture visibility across products

5. Engineering Partnership, Mentorship & Enablement

Work closely with developers to:

Explain security findings to both technical and non-technical audience

Recommend practical and effective fixes

Provide security guidance balancing usability and security, without impacting delivery

Deliver training and security awareness

Provide technical mentorship to engineers and junior AppSec team members

6. Security Advocacy & Communication

Act as a security champion across R&D

Communicate risk clearly to:

Engineers

Product managers

Leadership

Qualifications & Skills

Core Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Security, or equivalent experience

5+ years in:

Application security

Software engineering with a security focus

Technical Skills

Strong knowledge of application security concepts.

Web/application vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10)

Secure coding practices

APIs, microservices, and cloud-native architectures

Hands-on experience in threat modeling and architecture reviews

Prior software development experience

Strong coding skills, preferably, C++ and Java, ability to read, write, and review code effectively

Hands-on experience with:

ASPM, SAST, DAST, and SCA tools

CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines

Advanced experience applying AI (e.g., code generation, analysis and exploitation) across secure SDLC and AppSec practices, including evaluating and mitigating security risks such as insecure code suggestions, data leakage, and supply chain exposure.

Communication & Collaboration

Strong ability to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences

Explain security issues in developers terms

Influence engineering decisions

Collaborate cross-functionally across R&D and product teams

Nice-to-have

Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CSSLP, OSCP)

Experience with cloud-native stack and Windows internal

Experience applying AI/automation in security workflows

Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC2, ISO27001)

Don’t meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don’t meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace – so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.

Applicants must have the right to work in the location to which you have applied.