Application Security Engineer - Southeast region

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation's top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

We are looking for a skilled Application Security Engineer to support the Southeast Application Security practice in delivering application security engineering services to clients, including the implementation, operationalization, and tuning of SAST tooling, integration of security controls into CI/CD pipelines, and adoption of secure development practices across the SDLC. This role will engage in the development of automated security testing capabilities, custom detection rules, and secure pipeline patterns while providing "Wow Them" service to clients and/or internal customers or co-workers.

The Application Security Engineer will be required to demonstrate strong software engineering, security automation, and client communication skills, lead by influence, and strong business/ financial acumen to drive the use of progressive Dev Sec Ops  and shift-left security programs that will align the delivery business objectives and priorities.

The Souttheast Application Security practice is responsible for helping client organizations secure the way they build and deliver software. We assess secure development lifecycle maturity against NIST SSDF and OWASP SAMM, review software supply chain practices against SLSA and SBOM guidance, integrate security testing and policy enforcement into CI/CD pipelines, and deploy and tune SAST, SCA, and DAST tooling across the organization.

Our team of Dev Sec Ops  solutions engineers and security architects focuses on secure development lifecycle assessment, CI/CD security integration, and the deployment and tuning of application security tooling. We partner with client development, platform engineering, and application security leadership, as well as GuidePoint's corporate Application Security practice, to reduce noise in scanner output, integrate security into the delivery process without slowing releases, and provide tooling recommendations that reflect how the tools perform in practice rather than how they are marketed.

• We help clients get more value from the security tools they already have.
• We help clients evaluate and adopt new tooling when it aligns with their objectives.
• We help clients establish secure development standards as their teams adopt AI coding assistants and agent-driven engineering workflows.
• We evaluate security tooling in practice so our recommendations reflect real performance for each client's environment.

• Implement, operationalize, and troubleshoot SAST platforms (e.g., Semgrep, Snyk, CodeQL, Checkmarx, Veracode) within client environments
• Design and integrate automated security testing into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Git Lab Runners, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, CircleCI)
• Author and adapt custom SAST rules (Semgrep, CodeQL) and triage, validate, and guide remediation of identified vulnerabilities
• Advise client development teams on OWASP Top 10, threat modeling, and secure coding practices throughout the SDLC
• Leverage AI-assisted tooling to accelerate rule development, triage, and remediation guidance
• Contribute to reusable pipeline patterns, rule libraries, and delivery accelerators for the App Sec practice
• Deliver engagements for clients across the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region, with occasional on-site presence as needed

• Proficiency with the implementation, operationalization, and troubleshooting of Static Application Security Testing (SAST) toolssuch as Semgrep, Snyk, CodeQL, Checkmarx, Veracode, etc.
• Understanding of Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline tools and processes (e.g. Git Hub Actions, Git Lab Runners, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.)
• Experience in software engineering, ideally full stack software development, including modern technologies and application architectures
• Strong scripting and automation experience using one or more programming languages
• Solid working knowledge of application security fundamentals including the OWASP Top 10, threat…