[Remote] Senior Application Security Engineer/DevSecOps Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Motion Recruitment is seeking a contract DevSecOps Engineer, AppSec Specialist for a leader in healthcare. This remote role focuses on sustaining AppSec operations, supporting application security assessments, and managing cyber risk across company applications.

Responsibilities

• Support end to end AppSec services, including intake, assessment scoping, and application team engagement
• Support SAST, SCA, DAST, API security, and mobile security assessment activities, including onboarding, validation, reporting, and remediation guidance
• Help reduce AppSec backlog and improve vulnerability management by working with application teams on findings, remediation, and closure

Skills

• 3 to 6 years of related application security, DevSecOps, software development, security testing, or vulnerability management experience
• Specific Systems Knowledge Required: Application Security, DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, secure SDLC, SAST, SCA/OSCA, DAST, API security, vulnerability validation, remediation guidance, GitHub, Jira, Jenkins, cloud security concepts, REST/SOAP APIs, and scripting or development experience such as Java, Python, Ruby, Go, or Node.js
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent related experience
• Strong hands-on application security and secure coding knowledge
• DevSecOps, CI/CD, and security tool integration experience
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain vulnerabilities, risk, and remediation clearly to developers and stakeholders
• Checkmarx One, Sonatype Nexus IQ, WhiteHat or Black Duck DAST, Noname API Security, NowSecure, Atlas, Salesforce intake workflows, Jira defect management, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and enterprise DevSecOps pipeline integration
• Preferred certifications include CISSP, CSSLP, GIAC, Security Plus, AWS Security, Azure Security, or other relevant application security or cloud security certifications
• Preferred Level of Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related field

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