Application Security Engineer

The role

The Senior Application Security Engineer leads an AppSec scrum team to ensure secure and scalable software delivery. This role integrates security into the development lifecycle and designs processes for developers to work securely.

What you will do

• Lead the AppSec scrum team and all agile ceremonies.
• Prioritize the security backlog and guide teammates on best practices.
• Drive collaboration across security, development, and operations.
• Use AI tools to improve team workflows and efficiency.
• Test and triage security vulnerabilities for web and AI applications.
• Provide clear, actionable remediation guidance.
• Architect and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins).
• Implement hardened build processes and secure supply chain practices, including SBOM management.
• Lead shift-left threat modeling and partner with engineers to address risks early.
• Ensure AI agents and pipelines follow secure design principles.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years in software engineering and application/infrastructure security (hands on production coding experience).
• Proven experience securing CI/CD pipelines.
• Foundational understanding with one or more build systems (Gradle, Maven, Docker/Kubernetes).
• Experience with SBOM formats (CycloneDX, SPDX).
• Strong understanding of AppSec principles, SSDF, threat modeling, and secrets management.

Nice to have

• Experience with artifact signing (Sigstore/Cosign)

Benefits

• hands-on experience
• certifications
• industry training

Before you apply

• US Citizen
• Eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance
• Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
• Candidates currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

About the company

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company within global Accenture that helps the US federal government. Its 13,000+ people work across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.