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Application Security Engineer

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full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: AlabamaArizonaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $94,130 - $150,634 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Perform threat modeling (e.g., OWASP Top 10) and application/API security reviews; provide clear, relevant remediation guidance.
  • Design and validate application and API security controls, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and input validation.
  • Design and review security controls for cloud-native applications, including containerized workloads and managed cloud services.
  • Integrate security tooling into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets, IaC scanning); implement policy-as-code and pipeline gating.
  • Review application source code to identify security vulnerabilities and collaborate with developers to remediate findings.
  • Establish and automate secure configuration baselines, drift detection, and security monitoring to support Security Operations.
  • Validate vulnerabilities, reduce false positives, and guide teams toward pragmatic remediation and compensating controls.
  • Serve as a trusted security partner to developers through guidance, reusable patterns, and enablement.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in IT or Cybersecurity
  • 2+ years in Application Security Engineering or DevSecOps
  • Experience with threat modeling, AppSec reviews, and CI/CD security integration
  • Experience reviewing application logic and data flows for security issues, with the ability to read and interpret source code
  • Experience with secure coding practices and common application/API vulnerabilities
  • Experience with application security testing and automation tools
  • Experience with networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)
  • Experience with scripting or automation (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash)
  • Solid understanding of API security concepts and controls
Benefits
  • High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance
  • Low to no-cost dental and vision plans
  • 5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)
  • Employer-funded retirement
  • Free tuition program
  • Parental leave
  • Mental health and wellbeing resources
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
threat modelingapplication security reviewsAPI securitysecure coding practicesapplication security testingautomation toolsnetworking fundamentalsscriptingcloud-native applicationssecurity controls
Soft Skills
collaborationguidanceenablementremediation