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translating technical findings into clear, actionable guidance\nTrack and manage remediation from start to finish: follow up with developers, involve the right teams, coordinate fixes, and validate that issues are actually resolved\nCoordinate the IT side of engagements with external penetration testers - scoping support, access, and follow-up on findings\nPrepare security reports for internal stakeholders and external parties (audits, regulators, partners)\nObservability & Monitoring\nConfigure and maintain end-to-end observability using a best-in-class observability platform\nAdvise development teams on best practices and assist for onboarding their applications to the monitoring platform\nRegularly review application logs to spot vulnerabilities, security issues, performance problems, and opportunities for optimization\nSupport root cause analysis of production incidents\nCollaborate with application teams to improve reliability and performance\nIdentify trends through telemetry data and recommend improvements\nContinuous Improvement\nEffectively use AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Azure AI, or similar) for requirements analysis, code scanning, documentation preparation, and data analysis while ensuring the accuracy and quality of deliverables\nKeep our internal application security and monitoring standards up to date with new technologies, industry standards, regulatory requirements (e.g. DORA, GDPR), and architectural changes across the organization\nApply and help evolve internal rules, procedures and best practices in the security & observability domain\nIntegrate application security scanning into key development pipelines on a continuous basis\nEnsure remediation and closure of vulnerabilities within agreed SLAs\nImprove visibility and monitoring coverage across Allianz’s application portfolio\nWhat you bring\nTechnical background\n3+ years of experience in application security, DevSecOps, site reliability or a closely related IT field\nPractical experience with at least one category of code security tooling (SAST, SCA, WAF, or relevant) - 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Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.\nAt Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.\nWe therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.\nJoin us . 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