Lead AppSec Engineer — AI-Driven Secure SDLC Expert

DSM-H Consulting; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DSM-H Consulting is seeking an Application Security Engineer to focus on secure software development practices and educate the development team on cyber security risks. The role involves coaching during architecture design, advocating Security by Design, and integrating security with DevOps.

AI capabilities and familiarity with AI models are considered a plus. The candidate should communicate complex security concepts to diverse groups, collaborate with e-commerce initiatives, and help mitigate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field with 8+ years in information security
• Master’s degree must have 6+ years’ experience
• Experience communicating cybersecurity concepts to non-security audiences

Responsibilities

• Security defect management across automated and manual sources (CodeQL, Rapid7, pen. tests, bug bounty)
• Provide engineering consulting to software engineers, architects, and product owners
• Enable and monitor automated defect detection tooling (CodeQL, Rapid7) per process
• Coordinate security testing onboarding and management for third-party assessments and internal reviews

Skills

Application Security

Software development experience

AI programming experience

SDLC knowledge

Security governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Master’s degree (6+ years)

Tools

GitHub

CodeQL

Rapid7

SCA/SAST/DAST tooling

Job description

DSM-H Consulting is seeking an Application Security Engineer to focus on secure software development practices and educate the development team on cyber security risks. The role involves coaching during architecture design, advocating Security by Design, and integrating security with DevOps.

AI capabilities and familiarity with AI models are considered a plus. The candidate should communicate complex security concepts to diverse groups, collaborate with e-commerce initiatives, and help mitigate