Senior App Security Engineer - Threat Research

CVS Health; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer - Threat Research to secure healthcare tech across cloud and enterprise environments. You will embed security throughout the software lifecycle, conduct assessments, and research threats while guiding teams with secure design and remediation.

You will mentor engineers, influence security practices, and drive scalable security solutions that protect applications and healthcare data, APIs, and systems at CVS Health.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in application security, information security, software engineering, or related roles.
• 5+ years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, C/C++, PowerShell, or Shell scripting.
• 3+ years of experience securing public cloud environments including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• 3+ years of experience with container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• 3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code or Security as Code practices.
• 3+ years of experience performing application security assessments, vulnerability analysis, and threat modeling.

Responsibilities

• Implement and support application security standards, policies, and best practices.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate security into design, development, testing, and deployment processes.
• Promote secure coding practices and assist teams in remediating security findings.
• Contribute to security automation initiatives that improve efficiency and scalability.
• Research emerging threats, vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and security trends.
• Perform application security assessments, threat modeling, and vulnerability analysis.

Skills

Threat modeling

Security assessments

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Java

Python

JavaScript

C#

C/C++

PowerShell

Shell scripting

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Security as Code

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer - Threat Research to secure healthcare tech across cloud and enterprise environments. You will embed security throughout the software lifecycle, conduct assessments, and research threats while guiding teams with secure design and remediation.

You will mentor engineers, influence security practices, and drive scalable security solutions that protect applications and healthcare data, APIs, and systems at CVS Health.