Application Security Engineer

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

General Description

We are looking for a skilled Application Security Engineer to support GuidePoint Security’s Application Security practice in the North Central region. This role will engage in the development of secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) programs, DevSecOps pipeline integrations, and security assessments of AI-enabled and agentic applications while providing “Wow Them” service to clients and/or internal customers or co-workers.

The Application Security Engineer will be required to demonstrate strong application security testing, DevSecOps automation, and secure code review skills, lead by influence, and strong business/financial acumen to drive the use of progressive application security, software supply chain, and AI security programs that will align the delivery business objectives and priorities.

About the North Central Application Security Practice

The North Central Application Security Practice is responsible for helping clients build, scale, and mature secure software development programs. We assess applications, embed security into engineering workflows, and advise development and security leaders across the organization.

Our team of application security engineers, consultants, and architects focuses on SAST, DAST, SCA, API and cloud-native security, software supply chain security, and the security of AI-enabled and agentic applications. We partner with client engineering, platform, and security teams to reduce risk without slowing delivery.

• DevSecOps and “shift-left” security automation across CI/CD pipelines
• Software supply chain security, including SBOMs, open-source risk, and artifact integrity
• Securing AI/LLM applications and agentic workflows against emerging threats

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Run and tune client SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets, and IaC scanning tools; triage results, eliminate false positives, and deliver prioritized, actionable remediation guidance
• Design and implement security tool integrations into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins), source control, IDEs, and ticketing systems (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow), including policy gates and break-the-build criteria