Role Profile: Application Security Engineer

August 15th, 2024

With contributors:

Amy DeMartine , Sandy Carielli , Danielle Chittem , Peter Harrison

Summary

This role profile outlines a job description and competency inventory for the application security engineer role. The application security engineer is responsible for helping build and implement an application security program within an organization. Application security engineers work closely with developers, IT, and information security to ensure that security requirements and testing are infused into the application development lifecycle. The successful candidate for this role will possess a strong understanding of application vulnerabilities and weaknesses, technical acumen, communication skills, and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

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