Centerfield
Application Security Engineer
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About Centerfield
Centerfield is a marketing and sales company based in Los Angeles, founded in 2011. It specializes in customer acquisition through data-driven, omnichannel digital marketing and sales solutions for Fortune 100 brands across various sectors, including residential services, insurance, e-commerce, and B2B. The company operates additional offices in Florida, New York, Massachusetts, and Montego Bay, Jamaica, employing between 1,001 and 5,000 people. Centerfield is recognized for its values-driven culture and commitment to diversity and professional development. The company utilizes its proprietary Dugout™ platform to enhance customer growth, integrating real-time data analytics and personalized experiences across multiple channels. Centerfield handles over 25 million interactions annually and reaches more than 200 million in-market shoppers through its owned digital brands. Its services include paid search, social media marketing, lead generation, and AI-powered selling, catering to industries such as home services, insurance, business services, and e-commerce. Centerfield partners with a significant portion of Fortune 100 brands, including AT&T, Charter Spectrum, and Frontier Communications.
Security at Centerfield
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Security Philosophy
- Centerfield's AppSec philosophy emphasizes a 'practical, developer-friendly' approach aimed at driving enablement rather than gatekeeping.
- The mission is to align security investment and operational maturity with business and regulatory priorities.
- Key goals include increasing signal quality for scanners, improving mean-time-to-remediate (MTTR), and establishing 'secure-by-default' patterns.
Security Team
Centerfield's security team is led by Matthew Sanders (VP, Cybersecurity) and Doug Murray (Global Head and Director, Information Security). The team reports into senior IT leadership. As of May 2026, there is at least one active opening for an Application Security Engineer, though the total team size is not publicly available. The team seeks members with skills in scripting (Python), API automation, and tuning AppSec tooling.
Key Initiatives
- Centerfield is actively implementing a Security Champions model and 'Shift Left' practices by embedding security into the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
- They are standardizing threat modeling and architecture reviews for new capabilities.
- Recent initiatives include the development of an enterprise AI security and governance program and the execution of security testing for AI infrastructure.
- They also maintain compliance postures for SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS.
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