CivicPlus

Application Security Engineer

CivicPlus

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $80,200 - $117,100 per year

About the role

  • Perform security code reviews, threat modeling, and architecture reviews across all development projects as part of secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Collaborate with development teams to integrate secure design, secure coding standards, and security controls across the SDLC.
  • Identify, track, and validate vulnerabilities and security defects from security testing and scanning, collaborating with development teams to inform and prioritize remediation within compliance timeline requirements.
  • Coordinate external, independent penetration testing of production environments.
  • Lead application security testing, including static, dynamic, and interactive application security testing (SAST, DAST, IAST).
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on application security vulnerabilities (such as the OWASP Top 10) and emerging threats.
  • Partner closely with organizational functions and key stakeholders to provide guidance, tooling, and training to development teams and ensure secure design principles are applied, risks are mitigated, and applications are resilient against modern threats.

Requirements

  • 3 – 7 Years of experience in application security, secure development, penetration testing, or related field
  • Working experience in application testing or security testing tooling (including SAST, DAST, and/or IAST)
  • Working experience integrating secure design principles into change management, code review, CI/CD pipelines, and supporting secure development operations.
  • Certifications Security+, GSEC, GSSP or equivalent
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field (preferred)
  • Strong understanding of Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), application security controls, and vulnerability management
  • Familiarity with secure coding practices across multiple development languages (such as C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Python)
  • Knowledge of cloud-native and SaaS application environments.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Flexible Time Off
  • 401(k) plan
  • and more.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
application securitypenetration testingsecurity testingSASTDASTIASTsecure coding practicesvulnerability managementsecure Software Development Lifecyclecloud-native environments
Soft Skills
collaborationguidancetrainingcommunicationleadership
Certifications
Security+GSECGSSP