Application Security Engineer
DevSecOps · OWASP · Secure SDLC · Vulnerability Mitigation
Summary
Security-focused software engineer and DevSecOps specialist. Integrates application security and automated defenses into the SDLC: secure code reviews, threat modeling, CI/CD hardening, dependency and container scanning. Experienced with OWASP Top 10, API security, authentication, rate limiting, and log hardening. Builds secure-by-design systems without sacrificing delivery speed.
Skills
- • Secure code reviews, threat modeling, static/dynamic analysis (SonarQube, OWASP ZAP)
- • OWASP Top 10, API security, authentication, rate limiting, input validation
- • CI/CD pipeline security (GitHub Actions), dependency & container scanning (Snyk, Trivy)
- • Log hardening, data protection, secure-by-design development
Experience
Frontend & Blockchain Developer · Freelance / Independent · 2022 – Present
- • Applied application security best practices across projects: secure API consumption, input validation, access control, dependency risk reduction.
- • Implemented CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and security scanning to improve code reliability and deployment safety.
- • Integrated security into frontend and backend: secure UI patterns, API hardening, and OWASP-aligned practices in production systems.
- • Collaborated with engineering and product to embed security early — from design through deployment — reducing attack surface and data exposure risk.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
Technical University of Kenya · 2024
Strong analytical foundation, problem-solving, and systems thinking applied to software engineering.