Junior Application Security Engineer
Listed on 2026-08-03
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity
- Compensation: USD 84500 - USD 162000 - yearly
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Become a key player in our Information Security team as a Junior Application Security Engineer, where you willleverageyourexpertiseinapplication security, security engineering, and software development to support and enhance ourinline code testing and reporting processes. This role involves the implementation and administration of application security tooling, integration into CI/CD pipelines, and providing support for development teams using these products and consuming their findings.
Responsibilities:
- Implementing and maintaining
Application Security Testing (AST) tools (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, etc.) toidentifycode 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 thefirst 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.
- Demonstrate highproficiencyacross a wide range of technologies and platforms related to application security, software design and development, containerization, and cloud environments.
- Communicate security risks and evangelize secure development practicestodevelopment teams andtheirmanagement.
- Lean/understand vulnerabilities, triage security risks at scale in disparate application development environments and business units.
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years' experience; or Master's Degree and 4 years' experience
- Experience in application security and software development
- Experience implementing, administering, and supporting application security tooling such as SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA
- Knowledge of secure coding practices across multiple programming languages(esp. Java, Node.js)
- Experience integrating security testing into CICD pipelines
- Knowledge of application security principles along with common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10, CWE, etc.) and associated mitigations
- 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, asdemonstratedby presenting at leading scientific or technical conferences.
- Experience coaching and supporting the development of junior engineers
Preferred:
- Experience implementing tooling toconsolidateapplication security test findings from multiple sources tofacilitatedeveloper engagement and integrate with development workflows and tracking systems
- Experience administering Snyk and Endor Labs
- Experience integrating Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tooling with application security pipelines
- Experience automating workflows via programming and scripting languages such as Python
- Experience building logging into
Dev Sec Ops pipelines to gain insights into pipeline performance - Experience collaborating with vulnerability and risk management partners to interface with risk management and acceptance processes
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