Application Security Engineer

Leidos•Ashburn, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cyber Security Directorate (CSD) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a US Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, cloud, security devices, servers and workstations. The CBP SOC is responsible for the overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations.

Requirements

BS degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience
3+ years of prior experience in application security with a focus on SAST, SCA, DAST
Knowledge of secure coding practices and integration into SDLC
Familiarity with common security frameworks and standards
Strong programming/scripting skills
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Working in an Agile project management environment
Must have a Top Secret Clearance with SCI
Must be able to report into the Ashburn VA office up to 5 days per week.

Nice To Haves

Master’s with 1-2 years of prior experience in application security with a focus on SAST, SCA, DAST
Experience with data engineering tools such as Kubernetes/Rancher, Cloudera
Experience with Configuration Management and IaC tools such as Salt or Ansible
Experience with scripting languages, CI/CD tools, Elasticsearch, or Gitlab
Experience working in an air-gapped environments
Experience working in large computing environments (> 1,000 end-points)

Responsibilities

Ensure continuous monitoring of all CSD managed applications and implement an alerting system for critical incidents
Participate in market research to identify new security solutions as required to avoid obsolescence and to improve the overall security posture
Develop, deploy, maintain, and/or assist in the implementation and integration of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) into CBP’s security tool suite.
Integrate security best practices into the software development life cycle (SDLC) and ensure security is embedded from design to deployment.
Utilize SAST tools to analyze source code for vulnerabilities.
Work closely with development teams and ISSOs to remediate identified security issues.
Conduct security assessments using Microfocus WebInspect and other DAST tools.
Collaborate with development teams to address and remediate dynamic security findings.
Implement and manage container security tools, with a focus on Anchore, to ensure secure container deployments.
Provide recommendations for secure container orchestration.
Work on ensuring systems and applications comply with Security Technical Implementation Guide
Establish and maintain the definitive current basis for control and status accounting of application systems and their configuration items.
Select configuration items at appropriate levels for application products to facilitate documentation, control
Tune logging capabilities for efficiency, identify shortfalls, and recommend improvements and new technologies for application logging.
Support the CSD Service Desk in managing and executing the Vulnerability Identification and Remediation process for applications.