Senior Application Security Engineer

📋 Job Overview

At Agile Defense, we are seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to join our team. This role is responsible for engineering and optimizing integrated systems that support enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives, focusing on enhancing system reliability, scalability, and security.

🏢 About Agile Defense

At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next. Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.

🎯 The Role

Responsible for engineering and optimizing integrated systems that support enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives. Develops comprehensive solutions that enhance system reliability, scalability, and security. Leads the evaluation of new technologies and system architectures, providing strategic recommendations to enhance organizational capabilities.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive solutions that enhance system reliability, scalability, and security.
• Lead the evaluation of new technologies and system architectures, providing strategic recommendations.
• Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and IDE Plug-in environments using Veracode.
• Design and implement enterprise-wide security controls to secure applications, systems, network, or infrastructure services.
• Secure enterprise web applications and stay updated with OWASP Top 10, CVSS, CWE, WASC, and SANS-25.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, and 4+ years of experience, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Familiarity in Linux environment and some type of coding and/or scripting experience.
• Experience with Burp Enterprise performing DAST scanning and Burp Professional for SAST scanning.
• Experience with Veracode performing SAST scanning.
• 1+ year of experience with supporting SAST, DAST, and IDE Plug-in environments using Veracode.
• 2+ years of experience with Java, Python, .NET, or C#.
• 3+ years of experience using the design and implementation of enterprise-wide security controls.
• Knowledge of federal compliance standards, including NIST 800-53, FIPS, or FedRAMP.
• 2+ years experience working in Linux based environments.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) capabilities and tools.
• Experience with HackerOne.
• Experience with Selenium.
• Experience writing bash scripts.
• Experience with OWASP ZAP or Burp Proxy.

🎁 Benefits

Agile Defense invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Learning and Development opportunities as well as other optional benefit elections.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.