Senior Security Engineer – Vulnerability Management & Penetration Testing

Truveta provides unprecedented real-world data and real-time intelligence, powered by a dataset built with and owned by US health systems united in a mission of Saving Lives with Data. Together, we power breakthrough medical discoveries, accelerate regulatory-grade evidence, and improve patient care. Today, Truveta enables research on more than 130 million de-identified patients across the US.

Achieving Truveta’s ambitious mission requires an incredible team of talented and inspired people with a special combination of health, software and big data experience who share our company values.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer to drive vulnerability management and penetration testing across applications and infrastructure.

This role is focused on hands-on identification, validation, and remediation of security issues, with an emphasis on building scalable processes and improving overall security posture.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and operate the vulnerability management lifecycle, including:

• Continuous scanning (applications, infrastructure, dependencies)

• Risk-based prioritization

• Tracking and driving remediation

• Perform penetration testing on web applications, APIs, and cloud environments.

• Validate and triage vulnerabilities to eliminate false positives and ensure actionable findings.

• Partner with engineering teams to fix vulnerabilities and prevent recurrence.

• Implement and manage tools for:

• SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning

• Infrastructure and container scanning

• Develop repeatable testing methodologies and automation.

• Conduct adversarial testing and exploit validation to simulate real-world attack scenarios.

• Track metrics and report on risk posture and remediation progress.

• Contribute to improving secure development practices based on findings.

Required Qualifications

• 5–9+ years of experience in security engineering, vulnerability management, or penetration testing.

• Hands-on experience with:

• Web and API security testing

• Common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10, misconfigurations, auth flaws)

• Strong understanding of attack techniques and exploitation methods.

• Experience with security scanning tools and frameworks.

• Ability to analyze and validate vulnerabilities in real-world systems.

• Familiarity with cloud environments (Azure preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with automating security testing in CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with container and Kubernetes security.

• Skills & Tags

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