Senior Application Security Architect (DevSecOps & Cloud)

High Trail; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

High Trail is seeking a highly experienced Application Security Engineer to design, build, and mature application security capabilities across a large-scale engineering organization. The role combines deep expertise in application security, secure software design, risk management, cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps, and security automation.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on security engineer who can work closely with software developers, architects, DevOps, cloud engineering, data

Qualifications

• Hands-on Application Security experience across large-scale engineering environments.
• Deep expertise in secure design, risk management, and cloud-native architectures.
• Proficient in risk assessment, threat modeling, and vulnerability management per NIST/OWASP.
• Experience implementing automated security controls and tooling in DevSecOps.

Responsibilities

• Design and mature application security capabilities across the organization.
• Collaborate with software developers, DevOps, and cloud teams to reduce risk.
• Develop scalable, automated controls throughout the SDLC.
• Lead secure software design and security testing initiatives.

Skills

Application Security

Cloud Security

Threat Modeling

Risk Assessment

Security Automation

SAST/DAST/SCA

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

IaC Security

Container Security

API Security

Job description

High Trail is seeking a highly experienced Application Security Engineer to design, build, and mature application security capabilities across a large-scale engineering organization. The role combines deep expertise in application security, secure software design, risk management, cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps, and security automation.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on security engineer who can work closely with software developers, architects, DevOps, cloud engineering, data