Application Security Engineer
*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*
*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role*
A prestigious company is looking for an Application Security Engineer. This engineer will focus on web applications, secure SDLC, SAST, DAST, AWS/Azure vulnerability management, Scripting/programming, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Application Security/Secure SDLC
- Build and optimize our security tooling stack, including SAST, DAST, SCA, and IaC.
- Implement DevSecOps principles and integrate tools into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.
- Define and improve secure SDLC processes designing and implementing a developer friendly secure SDLC framework tailored to companys delivery model.
- Automate security checks in CI/CD pipelines and developer tools to ensure continuous visibility and successful delivery.
- Build out process for threat modelling and secure design review process.
- Implement security for supply chain security, AI/ML application security, Open source etc.
- The use and maintenance of cloud and self-managed security scanning tools, manual source code reviews, and manual penetration assessments.
- Assist with application security vulnerability management including implementation of new vulnerability management tools.
- Perform ongoing reviews of application releases to ensure only secure and reviewed code is pushed to prod, with automation tasks as necessary.
- Develop scripts/automation to assist development teams with interpreting results from pipeline vulnerability verification reports to facilitate vulnerability remediation.
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science, Information Management, Information Security or other comparable technical degree from an accredited college/university desired.
- 5+ Years experience in Application Security or Information Security environment.
- Experience writing scripts and working with containers in a CI/CD pipeline.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and software development/coding: Docker, Jenkins, GitHub, SVN, Terraform, and others.
- Strong familiarity with enterprise technologies; strong technical background and understanding of security-related technologies; prefer operational experience as an administrator, engineer, or developer and direct experience testing in commercial cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS).
- Strong knowledge of cryptography (symmetric, asymmetric, hashing) and its various applications.
- Strong knowledge of common enterprise infrastructure technology stacks and network configurations.
- Exhibit ability to understand and modify code in a diverse range of programming languages and frameworks; must have direct practical experience with one or more high level programming languages.
- Deep knowledge of common web, API and cloud vulnerabilities (eg OWASP Top 10, CWE, auth flaws etc.).
- Deep understanding of vulnerabilities, reachability, exploitability and how they affect applications.
- Knowledge of how security fits into platform engineering and cloud native stacks.
- Deep understanding of application layer attacks and defense mechanisms (CCS, CSRF, SQLi, XXE, SSRF, broken access control etc.).
- Familiarity with API security (REST & GraphQL), Postman, OOWASP top 10).
- Proficiency with artifact repositories and implementing security controls around component ingestion.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes security, container scanning and cloud infrastructure as code.
- Ability to triage and prioritize vulnerabilities based on exploitability, impact and business context.
- Strong proficiency application security and vulnerability management.
- Strong experience with custom Scripting (python, C++, PowerShell, bash, etc.) and process automation.
- Some proficiency with common penetration testing tools (Kali, Armitage, Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, Nmap, Qualys, Nessus, Burp Suite, Wireshark etc.).
- Experience with Mainframes, Windows, Unix, MacOS, Cisco, platforms and controls.
Reference: 2959635644
Application Security Engineer
Posted on Jun 5, 2025 by Request Technology
*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*
*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role*
A prestigious company is looking for an Application Security Engineer. This engineer will focus on web applications, secure SDLC, SAST, DAST, AWS/Azure vulnerability management, Scripting/programming, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Application Security/Secure SDLC
- Build and optimize our security tooling stack, including SAST, DAST, SCA, and IaC.
- Implement DevSecOps principles and integrate tools into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.
- Define and improve secure SDLC processes designing and implementing a developer friendly secure SDLC framework tailored to companys delivery model.
- Automate security checks in CI/CD pipelines and developer tools to ensure continuous visibility and successful delivery.
- Build out process for threat modelling and secure design review process.
- Implement security for supply chain security, AI/ML application security, Open source etc.
- The use and maintenance of cloud and self-managed security scanning tools, manual source code reviews, and manual penetration assessments.
- Assist with application security vulnerability management including implementation of new vulnerability management tools.
- Perform ongoing reviews of application releases to ensure only secure and reviewed code is pushed to prod, with automation tasks as necessary.
- Develop scripts/automation to assist development teams with interpreting results from pipeline vulnerability verification reports to facilitate vulnerability remediation.
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science, Information Management, Information Security or other comparable technical degree from an accredited college/university desired.
- 5+ Years experience in Application Security or Information Security environment.
- Experience writing scripts and working with containers in a CI/CD pipeline.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and software development/coding: Docker, Jenkins, GitHub, SVN, Terraform, and others.
- Strong familiarity with enterprise technologies; strong technical background and understanding of security-related technologies; prefer operational experience as an administrator, engineer, or developer and direct experience testing in commercial cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS).
- Strong knowledge of cryptography (symmetric, asymmetric, hashing) and its various applications.
- Strong knowledge of common enterprise infrastructure technology stacks and network configurations.
- Exhibit ability to understand and modify code in a diverse range of programming languages and frameworks; must have direct practical experience with one or more high level programming languages.
- Deep knowledge of common web, API and cloud vulnerabilities (eg OWASP Top 10, CWE, auth flaws etc.).
- Deep understanding of vulnerabilities, reachability, exploitability and how they affect applications.
- Knowledge of how security fits into platform engineering and cloud native stacks.
- Deep understanding of application layer attacks and defense mechanisms (CCS, CSRF, SQLi, XXE, SSRF, broken access control etc.).
- Familiarity with API security (REST & GraphQL), Postman, OOWASP top 10).
- Proficiency with artifact repositories and implementing security controls around component ingestion.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes security, container scanning and cloud infrastructure as code.
- Ability to triage and prioritize vulnerabilities based on exploitability, impact and business context.
- Strong proficiency application security and vulnerability management.
- Strong experience with custom Scripting (python, C++, PowerShell, bash, etc.) and process automation.
- Some proficiency with common penetration testing tools (Kali, Armitage, Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, Nmap, Qualys, Nessus, Burp Suite, Wireshark etc.).
- Experience with Mainframes, Windows, Unix, MacOS, Cisco, platforms and controls.
Reference: 2959635644

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