Information Security Specialist (Application Security II)

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

Title : Information Security Specialist (Application Security II).

Location : Pune India.

Itrons Resiliency Solutions business helps make communities more adaptive and sustainable. We do this by pairing external data with artificial intelligence to identify areas of high risk and prevent catastrophic loss for utilities and critical infrastructure owners across the country. We are a team of close-knit engineers subject matter experts and business leaders who obsess over problem-solving new technologies and making a positive impact in our communities.

Job Summary
We are seeking anApplication Security Engineer-IIto help embed security within Companys software development lifecycle and scale our product security practices.

What Youll Do

• Design and implement security tooling and automation in CI/CD pipelines (SAST secrets scanning dependency checks IaC scanning) to integrate security at build-time.

• Conduct security assessments of web apps APIs cloud-native services and internal tooling using manual and automated approaches.

• Lead and facilitate threat modeling for critical features and systems and drive mitigation strategies with engineering teams.

• Collaborate on application security design providing guidance on authentication authorization encryption input validation error handling and data protection.

• Evaluate the security maturity of products identify gaps and partner with engineering to close them.

• Partner with InfoSec to support customer security questionnaires audits and external security posture communications.

• Promote secure coding practices and define reusable secure patterns golden paths and developer guides.

• Support and enable Security Champions across squads through mentorship training and playbooks.

• Work with CloudOps on runtime guardrails including secrets management identity controls and logging practices.

• Assist in security incident investigations related to application-layer vulnerabilities and support remediation planning.

• Deliver security awareness sessions and workshops to uplift team security knowledge.

• Stay up to date on security trends tools and best practices and share knowledge with engineering teams.

Who You Are

• 6 years experience in application security or DevSecOps roles.

• Solid understanding of web application security (e.g. OWASP Top 10 ASVS) and common vulnerabilities

• Hands-on experience with security tooling in CI/CD pipelines (e.g. SAST SCA secrets scanning IaC scanning).

• Experience in secure architecture threat modeling and design reviews.

• Proficiency with a modern programming language (Python TypeScript JavaScript or similar).

• Strong communication skills able to collaborate effectively across engineering CloudOps and InfoSec teams.

• Bonus: Experience supporting data security initiatives or customer security assessments.

• Bonus: Familiarity with cloud-native environments (AWS GCP Azure)

Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences dont perfectly align with every requirement we encourage you to apply the end you may be just who we are looking for!

The successful candidates starting wage will be determined based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply please contact a recruiting representative at 1- or email .

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