Senior Application Security Architect
Avaron AB
📍 Göteborg
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About the Company
Avaron helps you find assignments that match your skills and ambitions. As a permanently employed consultant with us, you get competitive terms – combined with the variety and growth that a consulting career offers.
About the Assignment
You will help shape and mature an application security program in a complex engineering environment with cloud-native applications, distributed systems, and modern development practices. In this role, you will act as a trusted security advisor to engineering and product teams, guiding secure design decisions across applications, platforms, and APIs.
You will work closely with development teams to build security into the software development lifecycle, assess new technologies from a risk perspective, and strengthen secure coding and architectural standards. You will also contribute to security reviews and support incident response when needed. This is a great opportunity if you want broad technical influence across architecture, DevSecOps, and secure innovation at scale.
Job DescriptionYou will guide engineering and product teams on secure design, threat modeling, and security architecture.
You will help embed security into the SDLC and support teams in adopting secure coding practices.
You will review architectures, applications, APIs, and cloud-native solutions to identify risks and improve security posture.
You will evaluate emerging technologies and recommend controls and design choices with a security-first mindset.
You will help develop and enforce secure design standards across teams and platforms.
You will support DevSecOps ways of working and help integrate security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
You will mentor developers and security engineers, and influence technical direction across modern, distributed systems.
You will support incident response efforts and collaborate with stakeholders to move security initiatives forward.
Requirements7+ years of experience in application security, software engineering, or a related field
Deep expertise in application security principles, including secure design, threat modeling, and risk assessment
Strong understanding of common vulnerabilities such as OWASP Top 10 and mitigation strategies
Proven track record of designing and implementing secure architectures in complex, distributed systems
Hands-on experience embedding security into the SDLC in Agile and DevOps environments
Proficiency in cloud security across AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience securing microservices, containerized environments, and APIs
Experience with security testing tools such as SAST, DAST, SCA, and IaC scanning tools
Experience working with cloud-native applications and modern infrastructure such as containers, serverless, and APIs
Strong communication skills and the ability to partner with engineering and product teams to drive security initiatives
Ability to complete a background check before the assignment starts
Nice to haveBackground in incident response, vulnerability management, or security operations
Previous experience in a leadership, mentorship, or advisory role within security or engineering teams
Knowledge of secure coding practices across multiple languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or Go
What We OfferPermanent employment at Avaron AB
Occupational pension
Wellness allowance of SEK 5,000 per year
Application
Selections are made on an ongoing basis – apply as soon as you can.
Avaron helps you find assignments that match your skills and ambitions. As a permanently employed consultant with us, you get competitive terms – combined with the variety and growth that a consulting career offers.
About the Assignment
You will help shape and mature an application security program in a complex engineering environment with cloud-native applications, distributed systems, and modern development practices. In this role, you will act as a trusted security advisor to engineering and product teams, guiding secure design decisions across applications, platforms, and APIs.
You will work closely with development teams to build security into the software development lifecycle, assess new technologies from a risk perspective, and strengthen secure coding and architectural standards. You will also contribute to security reviews and support incident response when needed. This is a great opportunity if you want broad technical influence across architecture, DevSecOps, and secure innovation at scale.
Job DescriptionYou will guide engineering and product teams on secure design, threat modeling, and security architecture.
You will help embed security into the SDLC and support teams in adopting secure coding practices.
You will review architectures, applications, APIs, and cloud-native solutions to identify risks and improve security posture.
You will evaluate emerging technologies and recommend controls and design choices with a security-first mindset.
You will help develop and enforce secure design standards across teams and platforms.
You will support DevSecOps ways of working and help integrate security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
You will mentor developers and security engineers, and influence technical direction across modern, distributed systems.
You will support incident response efforts and collaborate with stakeholders to move security initiatives forward.
Requirements7+ years of experience in application security, software engineering, or a related field
Deep expertise in application security principles, including secure design, threat modeling, and risk assessment
Strong understanding of common vulnerabilities such as OWASP Top 10 and mitigation strategies
Proven track record of designing and implementing secure architectures in complex, distributed systems
Hands-on experience embedding security into the SDLC in Agile and DevOps environments
Proficiency in cloud security across AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience securing microservices, containerized environments, and APIs
Experience with security testing tools such as SAST, DAST, SCA, and IaC scanning tools
Experience working with cloud-native applications and modern infrastructure such as containers, serverless, and APIs
Strong communication skills and the ability to partner with engineering and product teams to drive security initiatives
Ability to complete a background check before the assignment starts
Nice to haveBackground in incident response, vulnerability management, or security operations
Previous experience in a leadership, mentorship, or advisory role within security or engineering teams
Knowledge of secure coding practices across multiple languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or Go
What We OfferPermanent employment at Avaron AB
Occupational pension
Wellness allowance of SEK 5,000 per year
Application
Selections are made on an ongoing basis – apply as soon as you can.