Cloud Application Software Security Engineer

Description:
Hybrid 4 days on-site, 1 day work from home in St. Louis, MO

Our client seeks a Cloud Application Software Security Engineer to remediate vulnerabilities and mature SDLC pipelines. The role will focus on addressing findings from Mythos, CVE and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, and open HVA and SA&A assessments. The engineer will collaborate with development and platform teams to reduce risk across custom application code and infrastructure as code in AWS.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $75.00 to $85.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Review and triage vulnerability scan results for FPS applications and cloud services.
• Analyze and prioritize CVEs and KEVs impacting application components and AWS resources.
• Remediate security findings in custom code and infrastructure as code.
• Collaborate with developers to implement secure coding fixes and guardrails.
• Patch and configure cloud services to address identified weaknesses.
• Close findings from HVA and SA&A assessments with documented evidence.
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines to enforce security controls and quality gates.
• Document remediation steps, exceptions, and risk mitigation plans.
• Support compliance, audit requests, and penetration test remediation.

Experience Requirements:

• Experience in application security and cloud security engineering.
• Hands-on work with AWS services and security configurations.
• Proficiency remediating CVEs and KEVs across software and cloud resources.
• Familiarity with vulnerability management tooling and pipelines.
• Experience addressing HVA and SA&A findings or similar audit frameworks.
• Ability to review, fix, and validate issues in custom code and IaC.
• Experience improving SDLC and CI/CD security controls.
• Effective documentation and cross-team collaboration skills.

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Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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