Application Security Engineer SME II

About this role

# Company Overview

For over 25 years, Edgesource Corporation has served as an innovative technology service provider for the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of State (DOS), the U.S. Intelligence Community, Law Enforcement, and other federal, state, and commercial clients locally, nationally, and abroad. From providing boutique technical solutions in support of the DOD Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS) mission set to addressing the most critical Cybersecurity threats facing our nation as a prime contractor with the DHS Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a career at Edgesource is an opportunity to do meaningful, interesting, and impactful work.

# Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Application Security Engineer SME II to advance secure development practices across enterprise applications, with a strong focus on automation, RPA (Robotic Process Automation), and vulnerability management. This role combines deep application security expertise with hands-on automation capabilities to proactively identify, remediate, and prevent security risks in both traditional and automated (bot-driven) environments.

# Job Duties

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for application security, providing guidance on secure design, development, and deployment practices.
• Lead security assessments of web applications, APIs, and RPA solutions (UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism)
• Identify, analyze, and prioritize application and automation-related vulnerabilities.
• Design and implement automated security controls and testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and maintain security automation scripts/tools to streamline vulnerability detection and remediation.
• Integrate security practices into RPA development lifecycle, ensuring bots follow secure coding and credential management standards.
• Perform threat modeling and risk assessments for applications and automated workflows.
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