Application Security Engineer

Company: The Planet Group
Location: New York, New York, US
Type: Contract
Posted: Sep 14, 2026
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Job Title: Application Security Engineer
Location: Hybrid; onsite 3 days/week in either NYC or Charlotte
Contract length: 6 months
Schedule: Fulltime, 40 hrs/week
Pay: $46/hr to $51.42/hr

Job Overview:
The Cybersecurity Organization is seeking an Application Security Engineer. This role will be an integral component of the application security program end-to-end--from discovery and inventory of business unit applications, through tooling implementation, through embedding security and AI-assisted controls into business unit DevOps pipelines. This is as much a relationship and influence role as it is a technical role; success requires partnering effectively with our subsidiaries. This is a hybrid on-site position, with a requirement to be in an office three times per week.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Application discovery and inventory across all business units, including ownership mapping, technology stack profiling, and risk tiering.
  • Standing up and operating the AppSec tooling stack -- SAST, SCA, secrets scanning, and container/IaC scanning -- integrated into business unit CI/CD pipelines.
  • Designing and implementing AI-assisted triage workflows on top of AppSec tooling so that finding volume does not overwhelm developers and false positives are filtered before reaching engineering teams.
  • Defining secure SDLC requirements, threat modeling practices, and security gates that business units adopt as part of their standard development process.
  • Partnering with business unit development leaders to build the relationships and shared playbooks needed to operationalize AppSec without becoming a blocker to delivery.
  • Contributing to AI security strategy -- evaluating emerging tools (AI code review assistants, agentic security testing, automated security requirement generation) and recommending what to operationalize and what to defer.
  • Producing executive-ready metrics and reporting that connect AppSec activity to business risk reduction.

Required Qualifications:
  • 7+ years in application security, product security, or security engineering, with at least 3 years in environments with multiple independent business units, brands, or product lines.
  • Hands-on experience deploying and operating modern AppSec tooling (e.g., Semgrep, Snyk, Checkmarx, Veracode, Apiiro, Ox Security, GitHub Advanced Security).
  • Working code-level proficiency in at least three commonly-used languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#, and/or Go) sufficient to read, review, and triage findings.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills in Python or equivalent; comfortable building integrations against REST APIs and operating in CI/CD environments (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
  • Demonstrated ability to influence engineering organizations without direct authority -- negotiating standards, driving adoption, and partnering with development leaders.
  • Practical understanding of OWASP Top 10, threat modeling methodologies (STRIDE, PASTA, or equivalent), and modern attack patterns, including supply chain risks.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience integrating LLM-based tooling into security workflows (alert triage, finding summarization, and remediation guidance generation).
  • Familiarity with one or more compliance frameworks relevant to our environment (HITRUST, HIPAA, NIST AI RMF, SOC 2).
  • Prior experience working in a regulated or healthcare-adjacent environment.
  • Cloud security depth in at least one major provider (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP).
  • Public contribution to AppSec community -- OSS, conference talks, published research, or detection/rule contributions.

About the Company

Name: The Planet Group
Location: United States

The Planet Group is a company that provides staffing and recruitment services. It offers a wide range of job opportunities across various categories such as Engineering, Marketing, IT, and more. The company operates primarily in the United States and Canada, with a focus on connecting talent with employers in various industries.

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