Application Security Tools Engineer

Application Security Tooling Engineer (Sonatype, Fortify, Stack Rox, Burp Suite)

We are seeking an Application Security Tooling Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve the a defense agency's application security (App Sec) scanning ecosystem across the software development life cycle (SDLC). This position will run and integrate software composition analysis (SCA) with Sonatype, static application security testing (SAST) with Fortify, container/Kubernetes security with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (Stack Rox), and dynamic application security testing (DAST) with Burp Suite‑ensuring scalable, auditable, mission‑ready security controls in regulated environments.

The ideal candidate is comfortable performing tool assessments and recommendations to Senior Executive leaders (in commercial/Federal) to potentially reduce tools, but is comfortable operating all tools listed.

• Platform ownership & operations
• Deploy, configure, harden, and maintain Sonatype, Fortify, Stack Rox, and Burp in on-prem and/or accredited cloud environments. The strongest candidates possess Oracle Cloud experience/certifications.
• Manage upgrades, plugins, licensing, capacity planning, backup/restore, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Establish SLAs/SLOs, monitoring/alerting, and operational runbooks.
• CI/CD integration (Dev Sec Ops )
• Integrate tools into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab CI, etc.) with policy-based gating and risk-based exceptions.
• Standardize developer 'secure-by-default' workflows: pull request checks, nightly scans, release readiness criteria.
• Build reusable templates and reference implementations for product teams.
• Security policy, tuning, and governance
• Define and tune scanning policies (severity thresholds, exploitability context, allow lists/denylists, quality gates) aligned to agency standards.
• Reduce false positives/negatives through rule tuning, calibration, and developer feedback loops.
• Maintain an auditable vulnerability management workflow: triage, ownership, remediation SLAs, and exception/waiver documentation.
• Vulnerability triage & remediation enablement
• Provide actionable findings with clear reproduction steps and secure coding guidance.
• Partner with engineering teams to remediate issues in code, dependencies, container images, and Kubernetes configurations.
• Coordinate retesting and verify fixes (including targeted Burp validation for high-risk apps/APIs).
• Container/Kubernetes security (Stack Rox)
• Implement image scanning, runtime detections, admission controls, and Kubernetes policy enforcement.
• Integrate with registries and orchestration platforms; maintain cluster baselines and least‑privilege controls.
• Operationalize incident‑ready detections and response playbooks with SOC/IR teams.
• Reporting, compliance, and audit support
• Produce metrics and dashboards: vulnerability trends, time‑to‑remediate, pipeline pass rates, policy exceptions.
• Support Risk Management Framework (RMF) / Authority to Operate (ATO) evidence needs with scan outputs, control mappings, and procedures.
• Experience supporting Agile project management, with hands‑on Jira experience strongly preferred.
• Manage a team of at least one other App Sec professional.
• Required Qualifications
• Active Secret clearance required
• 5+ years in application security engineering and/or Dev Sec Ops  in regulated environments.
• Hands‑on administration and pipeline integration experience with Sonatype (Nexus IQ/Lifecycle), Fortify (SCA/SSC), Stack Rox/Red Hat ACS, and Burp Suite (Professional/Enterprise preferred).
• Strong CI/CD and automation skills; ability to implement repeatable integrations and policy gates.
• Working knowledge of:
• Linux administration, networking fundamentals, TLS/cert management,…