Application Security Engineer

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Integrate security practices throughout the sof tware development lifecycle to enhance and maintain the security posture of sof tware. Apply advanced consult ing skills and extensive technical expertise, including full industry knowledge. Develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Work without considerable direction and mentor and supervise team members.

5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, application security, product security, or sof tware engineering

Experience implementing or assessing Secure SDLC and application security programs, leading client e nga gements, managing multiple priorities, and performing architecture reviews, threat modeling, or security assessments

Experience with sof tware supply chain security concepts, including SBOMs, dependency management, code signing, artifact integrity, and secure build pipelines

Experience implementing or evaluating application security tools such as SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, container security, API security, secrets detection, and sof tware composition analysis

Experience with Agile, Scrum, and Dev Sec Ops  operating models in large-scale sof tware development environments

Knowledge of secure sof tware development principles, modern application architectures, and modern sof tware architectures, including cloud-native, microservices, APIs, containers, Kubernetes, and serverless environments

Knowledge of authentication, authorization, cryptography, API security, and cloud security

Knowledge of vulnerability management processes, risk prioritization met hodologies, and remediation workflows

Ability to translate complex technical risks into executive-level briefings, business cases, and actionable roadmaps and communicate effectively with technical and executive stakeholders

Bachelor's degree in CS, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or Engineering

Experience designing or maturing enterprise application security and product security programs

Experience with secure development requirements for regulated industries, including healthcare, finan cia l services, industrial control systems, automotive, aerospace, or critical infrastructure

Experience applying industry frameworks such as OWASP SAMM, BSIMM, NIST SSDF, NIST CSF, NIST AI RMF, ISO 27001, ISO / IEC 42001, IEC 62443, and MITRE ATT & CK or ATLAS

Experience developing technical proposals, responding to RFPs, creating Statements of Work ( SOWs ) , and supporting business development initiatives

Experience leading executive workshops, stakeholder interviews, and technical design sessions

Ability to mentor junior team members, provide technical leadership, and contribute to practice development and thought leadership

Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, depending on client needs

Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills

Possession of excellent facilitation skills

Master's degree in Cybersecurity, CS, Sof tware Engineering, Information Assurance, or a related technical field

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