Application Security Engineer

CivicPlus is dedicated to enhancing local government services through innovation and collaboration. The Application Security Engineer will embed security throughout the software development lifecycle, lead application security testing, and drive vulnerability remediation efforts.

Responsibilities:

• Perform security code reviews, threat modeling, and architecture reviews across all development projects as part of secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate secure design, secure coding standards, and security controls across the SDLC
• Identify, track, and validate vulnerabilities and security defects from security testing and scanning, collaborating with development teams to inform and prioritize remediation within compliance timeline requirements
• Coordinate external, independent penetration testing of production environments
• Lead application security testing, including static, dynamic, and interactive application security testing (SAST, DAST, IAST)
• Serve as a subject matter expert on application security vulnerabilities (such as the OWASP Top 10) and emerging threats
• Partner closely with organizational functions and key stakeholders to provide guidance, tooling, and training to development teams and ensure secure design principles are applied, risks are mitigated, and applications are resilient against modern threats

Requirements:

• 3 – 7 Years of experience in application security, secure development, penetration testing, or related field
• Working experience in application testing or security testing tooling (including SAST, DAST, and/or IAST)
• Working experience integrating secure design principles into change management, code review, CI/CD pipelines, and supporting secure development operations
• Strong understanding of Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), application security controls, and vulnerability management
• Familiarity with secure coding practices across multiple development languages (such as C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Python)
• Knowledge of cloud-native and SaaS application environments
• Security+, GSEC, GSSP or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field (preferred)