About the Role
Establish and grow Booz Allen’s Application Security practice. Define the team’s direction, standards, and requirements for services and solutions sold to Booz Allen Commercial customers. Enable businesses to understand risks and overall security posture of their application constructs. Educate and influence client software engineering teams on cybersecurity best practices. Assist clients to establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) relevant to their product and market goals around cybersecurity assurance. Work proactively with leaders across all levels to design, implement, and support solutions that ensure clients have a secure-by-design and best practice approach across the full application security lifecycle. Work jointly with leaders across application development, technical and enterprise architecture, software reliability, and cybersecurity to ensure application architectures and designs properly consider security best practices. Lead, hire, and inspire teams of Application Security Engineers and Architects to perform security posture assessments of development and operational systems and provide recommendation and remediation plans. Develop, implement, and support operational models supporting solutions and services meeting client requirements. Integrate latest Frontier AI solutions into client environments and assist with delivery. Lead business development and sales activities related to Application Security.
Responsibilities
- Define the Application Security team’s direction, standards, and requirements for services and solutions.
- Enable businesses to understand risks and overall security posture of their application constructs.
- Educate and influence client software engineering teams on cybersecurity best practices.
- Assist clients to establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs).
- Design, implement, and support solutions for a secure-by-design approach across the application security lifecycle.
- Ensure application architectures and designs properly consider security best practices.
- Lead, hire, and inspire teams of Application Security Engineers and Architects.
- Perform security posture assessments of development and operational systems.
- Provide recommendation and remediation plans.
- Develop, implement, and support operational models supporting solutions and services.
- Integrate latest Frontier AI solutions into client environments.
- Lead business development and sales activities related to Application Security.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience with application development and developing, architecting, and implementing software security solutions
- 5+ years of experience leading technical teams in an Application Security field
- Experience managing across SDLC, including vulnerability management considerations, threat modeling, and modern development tools and frameworks
- Experience in application security testing methodologies, including DAST, SAST, IAST, and SCA
- Experience with the integration of common infrastructure security technologies and solutions into business solution architectures
- Experience developing and securing software with code scanning tools and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with AI scanning and Frontier models such as Mythos
- Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities and prevention techniques and technology, security, risk, and compliance best practices
- Ability to create collaborative relationships with colleagues and influence without authority
Skills
- Application Development
- Software Security Solutions
- Application Security
- SDLC Management
- Vulnerability Management
- Threat Modeling
- Modern Development Tools and Frameworks
- DAST
- SAST
- IAST
- SCA
- Infrastructure Security Technologies
- Code Scanning Tools
- CI/CD Pipelines
- AI Scanning
- Frontier Models
- OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities
- Security Best Practices
- Risk Management
- Compliance Best Practices
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $125,300.00 to $233,000.00
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Life benefits
- Disability benefits
- Financial benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Paid leave
- Professional development
- Tuition assistance
- Work-life programs
- Dependent care
- Recognition awards program
About the Company
- At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being.
- Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually.
- We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
