Application Security Engineer III - Space DoD Compliance

True Anomaly; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best-in-class healthcare

Flexible Time Off

Lunch & snacks

401(k) retirement plan

Dog Fridays

Equity participation

Job summary

True Anomaly seeks an experienced Application Security Engineer III to implement and audit security controls for mission-critical space systems meeting stringent government compliance standards. You will bridge security engineering, compliance frameworks, and cloud-native architectures to secure satellite mission control software and flight systems.

You will design and implement application-level security controls, including audit logging, incident response, access controls, and security

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in application security, product security, or security engineering.
• Hands‑on experience implementing security controls for compliance frameworks such as NIST 800‑171, NIST 800‑53, FedRAMP, or CMMC.
• Strong software engineering skills with ability to write production‑quality code in at least one language (Python, Rust, Elixir, C++, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Create security architecture documentation and operational security guides for government authorization processes.
• Drive vulnerability management program with defined SLAs for remediation (30/90/180 days by severity).
• Perform security code reviews for Elixir, Python, C++, and JavaScript codebases.
• Collaborate in the triage and management of security automations using SAST (CodeQL, Semgrep), SCA (JFrog Xray), and DAST tools.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to address security findings and implement secure coding practices.
• Develop and deliver security training to software engineers and systems administrators across the organization.
• Create and manage incident response playbooks specific to application security events.
• Evaluate and integrate third-party security solutions to enhance overall security capabilities.

Skills

Application security

Compliance frameworks

Secure coding

Cloud security

Threat modeling

Clearance eligibility

Tools

CodeQL

Semgrep

JFrog Xray

DAST tools

SAST/SCA tooling

Job description

True Anomaly seeks an experienced Application Security Engineer III to implement and audit security controls for mission-critical space systems meeting stringent government compliance standards. You will bridge security engineering, compliance frameworks, and cloud-native architectures to secure satellite mission control software and flight systems.

You will design and implement application-level security controls, including audit logging, incident response, access controls, and security