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Application Security Engineer, US Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security

Herndon, Virginia, United States💼 Full-time💰 $178,400–$226,700🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead application security for a U.S. Government AI Factory program by defining security acceptance criteria, scanning gates, and supply-chain assurance standards.

Role type

Senior Application Security Engineer (US Government)

Builds

Secure AI platform pipelines and software supply chain for U.S. Government customers

Domain

U.S. Government / AI / Cloud Security

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Application security architecture, secure software engineering, security code reviews, security testing, SAST/DAST, container/image scanning, software supply-chain assurance

Preferred skills

CI/CD security in classified environments, supply-chain security frameworks, security certifications (CSSLP, OSCP)

Technologies

SAST, DAST, container scanning, image signing

Responsibilities

Partner with platform teams to secure CI/CD pipelines and conduct security code reviews; Define application-security acceptance criteria and scanning gates; Own software supply-chain assurance standards including artifact provenance and dependency validation; Collaborate with ISSOs and security testers to integrate security into the development lifecycle; Mentor security engineers through design reviews.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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