Application Platform Security

🚀 Application Security Lead / Platform Security Engineer

📍 Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid)

I'm currently supporting a globally recognized multinational technology organization that is undergoing a major enterprise-wide digital transformation initiative.

This is a rare opportunity to join a team responsible for securing a large-scale cloud-based platform that supports data utilization, application services, and digital products used across a global enterprise. The role sits at the intersection of Application Security, Cloud Security, Platform Engineering, and Security Automation.

What You'll Be Doing

🔐 Lead security initiatives across a large-scale cloud platform

☁️ Review and enhance security architecture for applications running on AWS, Azure, GCP, and SaaS environments

⚙️ Develop and maintain security guardrails, standards, and governance frameworks

🤖 Drive Security Automation initiatives and embed security into engineering workflows

🛡️ Conduct threat modeling, identify risks within application and data flows, and propose practical mitigations

🏗️ Partner closely with engineering teams to implement Security by Design from planning through production

🔎 Support security reviews, penetration testing activities, and continuous improvement efforts across the platform ecosystem

Ideal Background

✅ Application Security

✅ Cloud Security Engineering

✅ Security Architecture

✅ Platform Engineering

✅ DevSecOps

✅ Software Development or System Engineering

Candidates should bring experience in at least one of the following:

• Application architecture design
• Cloud platform development and operations
• Security implementation within cloud environments

Nice-to-Have Experience

➕ Threat modeling

➕ Penetration testing

➕ AWS / Azure / GCP security

➕ Security assessments for Java, JavaScript, Python or modern application environments

➕ GitHub, Snowflake or SaaS security

➕ Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

➕ CI/CD security automation

➕ Technical leadership or project leadership experience

➕ Experience working with global stakeholders and multinational teams

Why This Opportunity?

🌏 Influence security strategy and implementation across an enterprise-scale global platform

🚀 Work on a business-critical digital transformation initiative

🔧 Drive Security by Design and Security Automation rather than traditional security operations

🤝 Collaborate with engineering and security experts across multiple countries

📈 Strong long-term growth opportunities into either technical specialist or leadership career paths

🏢 Join a highly respected technology organization known for innovation and global reach, while helping shape the future of its next-generation digital platforms

📩 If you're an Application Security, Cloud Security, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, or Platform Security professional interested in learning more, feel free to reach out for a confidential discussion.