Senior App Security Engineer: Threat Research

Partners in Digital Health; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & vision

Retirement plan

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer - Threat Research to secure healthcare technology by combining application security engineering, threat research, and secure development practices. You will partner with engineering teams to identify risks, implement controls, and strengthen defenses across cloud and enterprise environments.

You will embed security across the software development lifecycle, conduct assessments, research threats, and build scalable solutions to protect

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.

Responsibilities

• Security Engineering & Secure Development: Implement and support application security standards, policies, and best practices.
• Threat Research & Analysis: Research emerging threats, vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and security trends.
• Security Solutions & Architecture: Design, configure, and support security technologies across cloud and enterprise environments.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work with software engineers, architects, platform teams, and security stakeholders.
• Incident Response & Operational Support: Participate in security investigations and incident response activities as needed.
• Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Serve as a technical mentor and share knowledge through training and documentation.
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Evaluate emerging security tools and contribute to security research initiatives.

Skills

Application security

Threat research

Secure development

Cloud security

Security assessments

Threat modeling

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer - Threat Research to secure healthcare technology by combining application security engineering, threat research, and secure development practices. You will partner with engineering teams to identify risks, implement controls, and strengthen defenses across cloud and enterprise environments.

You will embed security across the software development lifecycle, conduct assessments, research threats, and build scalable solutions to protect