Application Security Engineer

Solventum is a healthcare company that develops solutions at the intersection of health, material, and data science to improve patient and healthcare professional outcomes. The Application Security Engineer will secure healthcare information systems by operating application security tools, conducting DAST scans, validating and prioritizing vulnerabilities, supporting remediation, and presenting vulnerability and compliance data to leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Operating and enhancing application security tool environments
• Authoring automation scripts for reoccurring tasks (Python preferred)
• Setup and execute authenticated and unauthenticated dynamic application security testing (DAST) scans against web applications and APIs using approved tools
• Manage scan scheduling, configuration, and coverage across application security tool environments
• Tune scanning profiles to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy
• Ensure DAST scanning aligns with release cycles and risk-based scanning requirements
• Validate DAST findings to confirm exploitability and business impact
• Categorize vulnerabilities using industry standards (e.g., OWASP Top 10)
• Prioritize findings based on risk, application criticality, and exposure
• Eliminate false positives and duplicate findings prior to developer handoff
• Partner with development and platform teams to explain DAST findings and remediation expectations
• Track remediation progress and verify fixes through re‑scanning or targeted validation
• Maintain accurate vulnerability records in enterprise tracking systems
• Escalate overdue or high‑risk vulnerabilities in accordance with policy
• Working with application teams to validate that software applications meet security guidelines and compliance standards such as HIPPA, SOC II, GDPR, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, etc
• Building solutions that collect and present vulnerability and compliance data to Solventum’s leadership
• Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties

Requirements:

• • Bachelor's Degree & 7 years of experience application security
• • 3 years' experience administering, running, and analyzing DAST tools
• • Knowledgeable with AWS or Azure cloud environments
• • Familiarity with best practice software security requirements in industry standard compliance programs (NIST, HITRUST, FedRAMP, etc.)
• • Experience developing or testing RESTful APIs with an understanding of Postman and/or Swagger files
• • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• • Remote – US Only
• • Travel: No travel required
• • Relocation Assistance: Not authorized
• • Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status)
• • Experience administering Qualys or Tenable vulnerability management and application security modules
• • Experience in working across multiple teams and disciplines
• • Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
• • Risk-based prioritization and sound judgment