Application Security Engineer at VivSoft Technologies

Herndon, Virginia, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Application Security, Public Trust Clearance, CI/CD Pipelines, DevSecOps, SDLC, GitHub Actions, GitHub Advanced Security, SAST, DAST, SCA, Manual Code Review, OWASP Top 10, Cloud Security, API Security, Microservices, Java

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Title: Application Security Engineer Clearance Required: Public Trust Location: Remote, USA Position Type: Full-Time About the company: At VivSoft, we aim to solve complex federal problems using emerging and open technologies in a collaborative and rewarding environment. VivSoft is a diverse team of strategists, engineers, designers, and creators experienced in building high performance effective softwares, with impactful organizational design and organizational dynamics for software delivery. We build secure Software Factories based on DoD reference designs and NIST Frameworks for Cloud and DevSecOps. These factories deliver AI/ML Applications, Data Science Platforms, Blockchain and Microservices for DoD, Healthcare and Civilian Agencies Job Summary: We are seeking an Application Security Engineer to support the modernization of a large-scale enterprise software development platform. This role focuses on securing CI/CD pipelines, enforcing DevSecOps best practices, and implementing automated security testing throughout the SDLC. The engineer will work closely with development and platform engineering teams to embed security into reusable templates, GitHub Actions, and deployment workflows, ensuring applications are built and deployed securely across environments. Key Responsibilities: Using GitHub Advanced security, review security findings of the organization. Review, validate, and approve request to remediate security findings. Review, validate, and approve request to dismiss security findings. Collaborate with Federal POC and FDIC security team to create and implement application security processes and standards. Identify gaps and design solutions to improve application security at the FDIC. Provide guidance to FDIC developers in regard to remediating findings when needed. Required Skills: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent professional experience. Proficiency in at least one or two major enterprise languages (e.g., Java, .Net, C#, JavaScript) to effectively review code and understand development context. Experience integrating security tools (SAST/DAST/SCA) into CI/CD pipelines to automate vulnerability scanning. Proficient in conducting and interpreting results from SAST (Static Analysis Security Testing) DAST (Dynamic Analysis Security Testing) Manual Code Review for security flaws Deep understanding of the OWASP Top 10 and other common application security attack vectors (e.g., injection, XSS, broken access control). Knowledge of security considerations for large, complex enterprise architectures, which may include Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, or GCP), API security, and microservices. Benefits: Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans (Healthcare benefits are 100% employer-paid for employees only) Life Insurance Paid Time Off (Flexible/Combined PTO, Bereavement Leave, 11 Company Paid Holidays) 401K Retirement Plan with employer match Professional Development Training Reimbursement

Responsibilities

The engineer will focus on securing CI/CD pipelines and enforcing DevSecOps best practices by embedding security into reusable templates and deployment workflows. Key tasks include reviewing security findings using GitHub Advanced Security and collaborating with security teams to implement application security standards.