Remote Application Security Engineer — Mission Systems

Rackner

Maryland

Hybrid

EUR 97,000 - 141,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Company-supported certifications

401(k) with 100% company match up to 6

Medical, dental, vision, life, and dis

Paid time off and company holidays

Remote-work support and home-office eq

Fitness and wellness reimbursement

Weekly pay schedule

Professional-development and future成长

Job summary

Rackner is seeking an Application Security Engineer to strengthen secure software supporting DoD planning and decision-support missions. This remote role includes periodic onsite sessions in Laurel, Maryland, with active final DoD Secret clearance required.

You will work closely with software, AI/ML, and platform teams to integrate security into development from planning through release, focusing on meaningful risk reduction and secure delivery across the software lifecycle.

Qualifications

At least six years of experience involving cyber resilience, SAST, DAST, and software-vulnerability remediation.
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity.
Hands-on experience identifying, evaluating, and helping resolve application-security vulnerabilities.
Experience working directly with software-development teams to improve secure delivery.
Understanding of secure software-development lifecycle practices and software supply-chain security.
Ability to explain technical security findings clearly to developers and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Conduct and support static and dynamic application-security testing.
Use and support automated security scanning with Fortify, X-Ray, OWASP ZAP, and related tools.
Review findings, identify actionable vulnerabilities, and help distinguish meaningful risks from false positives.
Work with software engineers to understand root causes, support remediation, and verify that fixes address identified vulnerabilities.
Help integrate security testing into secure CI/CD and Git-based development workflows.
Strengthen software supply-chain security throughout the development and delivery process.
Apply secure software-development and cyber-resilience practices in an environment using GitLab, Artifactory, OpenShift, and Kubernetes.
Contribute to technical reviews, code-review findings, security-remediation reports, and software testing.
Help ensure software meets applicable functional, coding, and security requirements before release.