Virginia Licensed Application Security Engineer

Job Summary

To support a mission-critical application modernization program for a Department of War customer, the full-time Virginia Licensed Application Security Engineer will identify and remediate security vulnerabilities in production applications, collaborate with software development teams to implement secure coding practices, and maintain security compliance while working in a hybrid environment.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and remediate security findings across existing production applications, including dependency and container vulnerabilities
• Maintain accurate Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) for tracking security findings and remediation progress
• Collaborate with software development squads to implement secure coding fixes and address vulnerabilities in application codebases

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in application security, secure software engineering, or a closely related discipline
• Hands-on experience identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities in Java or Go (Golang) applications
• Experience addressing security findings within production software environments
• U.S. citizenship required; must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Department of War security clearance
• An active Secret security clearance or higher is strongly preferred