Senior Cloud-Native App Security Engineer

Cybersecurity Jobs; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Acclaim Technical Services is seeking an Application Security Engineer for an onsite Reston, VA role focused on end-to-end budget traceability for a cloud-native platform.

You will integrate security across the software development lifecycle, lead security reviews, threat modeling, secure coding practices, and implement DevSecOps in CI/CD pipelines while communicating risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise in application security and secure SDLC across OCI/Oracle Cloud environments.
• Experience leading security reviews, threat modeling, secure code reviews, and vulnerability remediation.
• Strong programming skills in Python/JavaScript/SQL and shell scripting; familiarity with PL/SQL.
• Proficiency with SAST/DAST/SCA, secrets scanning, and container/infrastructure vulnerability scanning.
• Experience building cloud-native apps with Kubernetes, containers, Docker, REST APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of NIST RMF/OSSF frameworks and OWASP; 8+ years in related fields; Azure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Integrate security across the software development lifecycle by partnering with developers and cloud engineers to design, build, assess, and sustain secure mission applications.
• Lead design reviews, threat modeling, secure code reviews, security testing, vulnerability remediation, and release authorization support.
• Develop or review applications using Python, JavaScript frameworks, SQL, Shell scripting, PL/SQL, and other languages with strong secure coding practices.
• Execute application security testing using SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning, and container/infrastructure vulnerability scanning.
• Build and secure cloud-native applications and services using Kubernetes, containers, Docker, REST APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.
• ImplementDevSecOps practices by adding automated security controls and testing into build and deployment pipelines.

Skills

Application security

DevSecOps

Threat modeling

Secure SDLC

Agile

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

JavaScript

SQL

Shell scripting

PL/SQL

Kubernetes

Docker

REST APIs

CI/CD pipelines

SAST

DAST

SCA

Secrets scanning

OCI

Oracle RDBMS

Job description

Acclaim Technical Services is seeking an Application Security Engineer for an onsite Reston, VA role focused on end-to-end budget traceability for a cloud-native platform.

You will integrate security across the software development lifecycle, lead security reviews, threat modeling, secure coding practices, and implement DevSecOps in CI/CD pipelines while communicating risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.