Senior App Security Engineer — Threat Research

CVS Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer - Threat Research to secure modern healthcare software across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will partner with engineering teams to embed security early in the software development lifecycle, conduct threat modeling, and drive resilient security controls.

In this senior role you will mentor engineers, lead security assessments, and help shape threat intelligence programs while delivering scalable, compliant security solutions that

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

• 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 closely 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 for engineers and application security practitioners.
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Evaluate emerging security tools and technologies and contribute to security research initiatives.

Skills

Application security

Threat research

Cloud security

Docker & Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Threat modeling

Secure SDLC

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer - Threat Research to secure modern healthcare software across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will partner with engineering teams to embed security early in the software development lifecycle, conduct threat modeling, and drive resilient security controls.

In this senior role you will mentor engineers, lead security assessments, and help shape threat intelligence programs while delivering scalable, compliant security solutions that