Onsite DC Cloud Application Security Analyst

Akumen, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Akumen, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Application Security Analyst to secure mission-critical web, mobile, API, and cloud-based applications in Washington, DC (onsite).

In this role, you will support secure engineering and DevSecOps by performing application security testing, reviewing designs and code, triaging vulnerabilities, and helping strengthen cloud security configurations. You will run SAST/DAST, assess APIs and cloud designs, triaging vulnerabilities to OWASP Top 10, and integrating security

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT/CS/Cybersecurity or related field.
• At least 3 years in network/cloud/security infra or application security.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10, web architectures, HTTP, APIs, REST, GraphQL.
• Hands-on with SAST/DAST, vulnerability triage, code review, secure SDLC/CI/CD.
• Proficiency in Python/JavaScript/Java/C#, with strong problem-solving and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Run SAST, DAST, and manual security reviews for web and mobile apps.
• Assess APIs, cloud designs, architectures for weaknesses pre-production.
• Triaging and remediating vulnerabilities per OWASP Top 10.
• Integrate automated security scanning in CI/CD with GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins.
• Conduct threat modeling for features, apps, APIs, and microservices.
• Protect apps, internal services, APIs, and cloud resources with network controls.
• Deploy and manage cloud networking/security using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates.
• Maintain secure configuration templates, baselines, controlled changes, and automated validation.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, infra, QA, and engineering teams to reduce exposure.
• Research emerging threats and promote secure coding and DevSecOps practices.

Skills

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, Cybersecurity, Engineering or related field

Tools

SAST/DAST tools

CI/CD tooling

GitHub

GitLab

Jenkins

Job description

Akumen, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Application Security Analyst to secure mission-critical web, mobile, API, and cloud-based applications in Washington, DC (onsite).

In this role, you will support secure engineering and DevSecOps by performing application security testing, reviewing designs and code, triaging vulnerabilities, and helping strengthen cloud security configurations. You will run SAST/DAST, assess APIs and cloud designs, triaging vulnerabilities to OWASP Top 10, and integrating security