Senior Application Security Engineer - Threat Research

Stryker Corporation; Cheyenne (WY); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer - Threat Research to secure healthcare tech across cloud and enterprise environments. You will embed security in the SDLC, perform threat modeling and vulnerability analysis, and collaborate with engineering teams to remediate findings.

You will lead security design reviews, drive automation, and mentor engineers while influencing security practices across multiple teams.

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.

Responsibilities

• Implement and support application security standards, policies, and best practices.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate security into design, development, testing, and deployment processes.
• Promote secure coding practices and assist teams in remediating security findings.
• Contribute to security automation initiatives that improve efficiency and scalability.
• Research emerging threats, vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and security trends.
• Perform application security assessments, threat modeling, and vulnerability analysis.
• Evaluate risks and provide actionable recommendations to engineering teams.
• Leverage threat intelligence to enhance application security controls and detection capabilities.
• Design, configure, and support security technologies across cloud and enterprise environments.
• Assist with implementation and management of security controls that protect applications, APIs, and data.
• Support vulnerability management and remediation programs.
• Contribute to the development of scalable and resilient security architectures.
• Work closely with software engineers, architects, platform teams, and security stakeholders.
• Participate in design reviews to ensure security requirements are incorporated early in the development lifecycle.
• Communicate technical security findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Participate in security investigations and incident response activities as needed.
• Support operational security functions across cloud and enterprise environments.
• Assist in identifying root causes and implementing long-term remediation strategies.
• Serve as a technical mentor for engineers and application security practitioners.
• Share knowledge through training sessions, presentations, and documentation.
• Contribute to building a culture of security awareness and continuous learning.
• Evaluate emerging security tools and technologies.
• Contribute to security research initiatives and proof-of-concept efforts.
• Recommend process improvements that strengthen the effectiveness of application security programs.

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript

C#

C/C++

PowerShell

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer - Threat Research to secure healthcare tech across cloud and enterprise environments. You will embed security in the SDLC, perform threat modeling and vulnerability analysis, and collaborate with engineering teams to remediate findings.

You will lead security design reviews, drive automation, and mentor engineers while influencing security practices across multiple teams.