Application Security Developer

A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding. Our group of caring associates create financial security by helping individuals and businesses make a new start when a loss occurs.Job DescriptionWe offer a merit-based work-from-home program based on job responsibilities. After initial training in-person, this specific role could have the flexibility to work from home up to 3 days per week.Please note that we are not currently hiring fully remote positions. All candidates must have the ability to work in one of our tech offices. Our tech office for this role is in Lansing, Michigan only.Auto-Owners Insurance, a top-rated insurance carrier, is seeking a motivated individual to join our IT Division as an Application Security specialist. Responsibilities include working with our Application Security team to help define security policy, and working with various development teams across the division to help improve the security posture of our applications. The position requires the person to:Analyze security vulnerabilities to determine impact to our systems, and work with development teams to prioritize addressing known issuesEducate development teams on best practices regarding application securityMonitor our applications for new vulnerabilities as they are discoveredCommunicate status and progress of our application security posture to managementConsult with developers, architects, project leaders, and management to resolve problems and suggest alternativesDesired Skills and ExperienceBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, a related field, or equivalent experience is requiredPast employment experience on one or more application development teams is strongly preferredKnowledge of Java and RESTful services is strongly preferredExperience with or willingness to learn Splunk strongly preferredExperience with a modern IDE is strongly preferredExperience with our current security tools is preferredFamiliarity with OWASP and CVEs is preferredEnthusiasm for driving improvement by finding and implementing solutions to new challengesMust be able to learn and effectively use tools and software development techniques as practiced, acquired, or adopted within the IT DivisionBenefitsAuto-Owners offers a wide range of career opportunities, and we are seeking talent that will help us continue our long tradition of success. We offer a friendly work environment, structured training program, employee mentoring and an excellent compensation/benefits package. Along with a competitive base salary, matched 401(k), fully-funded pension plan (once vested), and bonus programs, Auto-Owners also provides generous paid time off including holidays, vacation days, personal time, and sick leave. If you're looking to do rewarding work alongside great people, Auto-Owners is the place for you!Equal Employment OpportunityAuto-Owners Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. The Company hires, transfers, and promotes on the basis of ability, without consideration of disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, or any factor contrary to federal, state or local law.* Please note that the ability to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship is a requirement.#LI-DNI #IN-DNI