Senior Application Security Engineer – Cloud & DevSecOps

Kforce Inc; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce Inc. is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer in Doral, FL. This hands-on role focuses on implementing and maintaining security capabilities across software development, cloud infrastructure, and DevSecOps.

You will work with development and operations teams to identify vulnerabilities, automate governance, and integrate security controls into SDLC. Key duties include securing SAST/DAST processes, building automation scripts, managing Kubernetes clusters, and applying IaC

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or similar; 5+ years of professional experience
• Hands-on experience writing software applications, including APIs, web applications, and scripts
• Strong experience operating and administrating common security tools like SAST and DAST scanners
• Strong experience communicating security findings to teams and following through on remediation efforts
• Hands-on experience performing threat modeling and adversarial testing of software applications
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native application development and operations, including the use of CI/CD pipelines, cloud compute resources, and containerization (e.g. Docker and Kubernetes)

Responsibilities

• Engineer and administer Application Security tools and controls
• Assess vulnerabilities, security misconfigurations, and incidents
• Work with development teams to investigate vulnerabilities identified through SAST/DAST scanners and bug bounty programs
• Perform application and release security reviews
• Develop scripts and APIs that automate security governance
• Automate security processes and controls within the development lifecycle
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting AppSec services
• Develop and operate Kubernetes clusters
• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Support security capabilities used by development teams across multiple brands
• Ensure applications comply with security policies, standards, and guidelines

Skills

Security engineering

Threat modeling

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native development

Communication of findings

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

SAST

DAST

Kubernetes

Docker

IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

Job description

Kforce Inc. is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer in Doral, FL. This hands-on role focuses on implementing and maintaining security capabilities across software development, cloud infrastructure, and DevSecOps.

You will work with development and operations teams to identify vulnerabilities, automate governance, and integrate security controls into SDLC. Key duties include securing SAST/DAST processes, building automation scripts, managing Kubernetes clusters, and applying IaC