Senior Application Security Engineer (Remote)

Role Summary

Senior Application Security Engineer (Remote) responsible for leveraging expertise in application security, security engineering, and software development to support and enhance inline code testing and reporting processes. Focuses on implementing and administering application security tooling, integration into CI/CD pipelines, and supporting development teams using these products and consuming their findings.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and maintaining Application Security Testing (AST) tools (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, etc.) to identify code and dependency vulnerabilities during the software development lifecycle.
• Implementing and maintaining Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) tools to centralize and deduplicate findings from multiple solutions and integrate into software development processes.
• Acting as the first line of support for users by helping resolve false positives, providing guidance on finding remediation, and evaluating security exception requests.
• Integrating security tooling with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipelines.
• Developing detailed reports on security findings and remediation efforts.
• Demonstrating high proficiency across a wide range of technologies and platforms related to application security, software design and development, containerization, and cloud environments.
• Communicating security risks and evangelizing secure development practices to development teams and their management.
• Lean/understand vulnerabilities, triage security risks at scale in disparate application development environments and business units.

Qualifications

• Bachelor‚Äôs Degree and 7 years‚Äô experience OR Master‚Äôs Degree and 6 years‚Äô experience OR PhD and 2 years‚Äô experience
• 5+ years of experience in application security and software development
• 3+ years of experience implementing, administering, and supporting application security tooling such as SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA
• Extensive knowledge of secure coding practices across multiple programming languages (esp. Java, Node.js)
• Extensive experience integrating security testing into CICD pipelines
• Strong knowledge of application security principles along with common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10, CWE, etc.) and associated mitigations
• Experience implementing and scaling DevSecOps practices and tooling within large organizations
• Experience implementing DevSecOps workflows in cloud environments such as AWS and Azure
• Experience developing Infrastructure As Code (IAC) via solutions such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Experience supporting developers with assessing and mitigating application security test findings
• Ability to effectively communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to function as a principal engineer, generating original technical ideas and strategies. Demonstrated creative 'out of the box' thinking to solve difficult technical problems and champion new technologies to achieve program goals.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills, as demonstrated by presenting at leading scientific or technical conferences.
• Experience coaching and supporting the development of junior engineers

Skills

• Proficiency across application security, software design and development, containerization, and cloud environments
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• DevSecOps tooling and pipeline integration

Education

• Education as listed in Qualifications (degrees acceptable per level)

Additional Requirements

• Experience with CSPM tooling integration, Python scripting, and building logging into DevSecOps pipelines is preferred
• Experience collaborating with vulnerability and risk management partners to interface with risk management and acceptance processes