Rackner

Application Security Engineer — Secure Mission Systems

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1 month ago
Remote, United StatesSenior

Responsibilities

  • Integrate application-security testing throughout the software-development lifecycle.
  • Conduct and support SAST using Fortify and DAST using OWASP ZAP.
  • Support software-composition analysis and software supply-chain security using JFrog Xray.
  • Review, triage, and document security findings; identify actionable vulnerabilities and false positives.
  • Work with software engineers to understand root causes, support remediation, and verify completed fixes.
  • Integrate automated security scanning into GitLab-based development workflows.
  • Strengthen dependency-management and software supply-chain controls.
  • Support application security in GitLab, Artifactory, OpenShift, and Kubernetes environments.
  • Contribute to technical reviews, code reviews, software testing, and security-remediation activities.
  • Produce vulnerability findings, remediation reports, code-review observations, and technical documentation.
  • Verify that software meets applicable functional, coding, and security requirements before release.
  • Collaborate with software, AI/ML, platform, DevSecOps, and customer technical teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity.
  • At least six years of experience involving cyber resilience, SAST, DAST, and software-vulnerability remediation.
  • Hands-on experience with Fortify, JFrog Xray, and OWASP ZAP.
  • Experience identifying, evaluating, triaging, and remediating application-security vulnerabilities.
  • Experience working directly with software-development teams to resolve security findings.
  • Experience with software supply-chain security, dependency risk, or software-composition analysis.
  • Understanding of secure software-development lifecycle practices.
  • Experience integrating automated security scanning into software-development or CI/CD workflows.
  • Ability to document technical findings clearly and communicate them to developers and technical stakeholders.
  • Active final DoD Secret clearance.
  • Preferred experience includes GitLab CI/CD workflows, Artifactory, OpenShift, Kubernetes, containerized environments, additional security-scanning tools, secure-code review, remediation verification, disconnected or restricted environments, and classified, defense, aerospace, government, or regulated software environments.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, with no specific base salary stated.
  • Company-supported certifications aligned with current and future program work.
  • 401(k) with 100% company match up to 6%.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage.
  • Paid time off and company holidays.
  • Remote-work support and a home-office equipment plan.
  • Fitness and wellness reimbursement.
  • Weekly pay schedule.
  • Professional-development and future growth opportunities.
  • Mainly remote work with onsite team-wide sprint planning in Laurel, Maryland, typically approximately one day every six weeks.
  • Position is contingent upon contract award, with an anticipated November 2026 start.

Tech Stack

KubernetesOpenShift

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About Rackner

51-200 employees
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