Senior Application Security Leader — Build Secure Apps

Booz Allen Hamilton; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 125,300 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks an experienced Application Security leader to establish and grow our practice as part of a cross-functional team. You will define standards, drive secure design, and mentor engineers to embed security into development lifecycles.

You will educate clients on best practices and support remediation planning across projects and programs. The role requires deep expertise in SDLC security, threat modeling, DAST/SAST/IAST/SCA, and integrating frontier AI capabilities such as

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in developing, architecting, and implementing software security solutions.
• 5+ years of experience leading technical teams in Application Security.

Responsibilities

• Establish and grow Booz Allen’s Application Security practice as part of a team.
• Define the Application Security team's direction, standards, and requirements for services and solutions sold to Booz Allen Commercial customers.
• Enable businesses to understand risks and security posture of application constructs.
• Educate client software engineering teams on cybersecurity best practices.
• Lead security posture assessments of development and operational systems and provide remediation plans.

Skills

Application Security

Team Leadership

Threat Modeling

SDLC Management

Vulnerability Testing

CI/CD Pipelines

AI Security

OWASP Top 10

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Mythos Frontier AI

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks an experienced Application Security leader to establish and grow our practice as part of a cross-functional team. You will define standards, drive secure design, and mentor engineers to embed security into development lifecycles.

You will educate clients on best practices and support remediation planning across projects and programs. The role requires deep expertise in SDLC security, threat modeling, DAST/SAST/IAST/SCA, and integrating frontier AI capabilities such as