Senior Application Security Engineer — AI Platform & CI/CD

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Maryland is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to lead application security for a U.S. Government program building a purpose-built AI Factory. You will define security criteria, oversee scanning gates, and ensure supply-chain standards are implemented.

You will collaborate with software engineers, ISSOs, and testers to secure the pipeline and communicate risk in writing. The role requires US Citizenship and a current TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 6+ years of application security architecture, secure software engineering, security code reviews, security testing, or security infrastructure.
• Experience with SAST/DAST, container/image scanning, and software supply-chain assurance.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Partner with platform software teams to secure CI/CD pipelines, conduct security code reviews, and drive remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• Define application-security acceptance criteria, scanning gates, and image-signing policy for an AI platform serving U.S. Government customers.
• Own software supply-chain assurance standards — including artifact provenance, dependency validation, and image-signing policy — and ensure the platform build implements and validates against them.
• Collaborate with software engineers, ISSOs, and security testers to ensure security is integrated throughout the development lifecycle.
• Communicate security risk and design decisions in writing to both technical and non-technical audiences, and mentor other security engineers through design reviews and career guidance.

Skills

Application security

Security architecture

Secure software engineering

Security code reviews

Security testing

Security infrastructure

SAST/DAST

Container scanning

Software supply-chain

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Maryland is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to lead application security for a U.S. Government program building a purpose-built AI Factory. You will define security criteria, oversee scanning gates, and ensure supply-chain standards are implemented.

You will collaborate with software engineers, ISSOs, and testers to secure the pipeline and communicate risk in writing. The role requires US Citizenship and a current TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.