Senior AppSec Platform Engineer - Policy & DevSecOps

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc.; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to provide expertise across the AppSec platform portfolio. The role focuses on policy implementation, vulnerability analysis, and secure coding guidance while enabling developers to ship secure software.

The ideal candidate will manage SAST, SCA, API Security, DAST, IaC and Mobile Security testing, administer AppSec tooling, and collaborate with DevSecOps teams within a hybrid TX-based environment.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of Secure SDLC and Application Security practices.
• Hands-on testing with SAST, SCA, API Security, DAST, IaC, and Mobile Security.
• Experience administering AppSec platforms and security tooling.
• Vulnerability validation, root-cause analysis, and false-positive assessments.
• Secure coding guidance and remediation support to development teams.
• Familiarity with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and automated security controls.
• Experience leveraging APIs, automation, and AI-assisted workflows to improve security operations.

Responsibilities

• Support Application Security platforms, tooling, and policy implementation.
• Conduct vulnerability analysis, root-cause analysis, and false-positive assessments.
• Support SAST, SCA, API Security, DAST, IaC, and Mobile Security testing.
• Administer and support AppSec platforms and security tooling.
• Provide secure coding guidance and remediation support to development teams.
• Support platform escalations and developer enablement activities.
• Work with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices to support automated security controls.
• Leverage APIs, automation, and AI-assisted workflows to improve security operations.

Skills

Secure SDLC

Application Security

Vulnerability analysis

False-positive analysis

DevSecOps

Automation

Tools

GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to provide expertise across the AppSec platform portfolio. The role focuses on policy implementation, vulnerability analysis, and secure coding guidance while enabling developers to ship secure software.

The ideal candidate will manage SAST, SCA, API Security, DAST, IaC and Mobile Security testing, administer AppSec tooling, and collaborate with DevSecOps teams within a hybrid TX-based environment.