JR Application Security Engineer

Post Date

Apr 15, 2026

Location

Hartford,
Connecticut

ZIP/Postal Code

06156
US
Jun 15, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Security Engineering

Req #

HTD-6ee52a2a-cc7f-4399-b500-f71e7654e234

Pay Rate

$40 - $50 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A healthcare client is looking for 2 JR level Application Security Engineers to sit fully remote. The 2 Engineers are going to be joining the DevSecOps team working alongside 9-12 developers/engineers. They will be part of an initiative of migrating all application security scanning tools into SNYK. The engineers are going to be somewhat hands on with the CICD pipelines and doing mostly regular code scanning to find any vulnerabilities. The candidates need to also have experience with understanding the ins and outs of an application scanning tools since they will be doing tons of code reviews and scanning. The engineers should have experience with Code Scanning tools such as Checkmarx or Nexus IQ. They should have full understanding of OWAS Top 10 and NIST Security Standards. The team will be moving to JIRA and have a more Agile SAFe approach and an on-call schedule that will be rotated. Breaking it down – this will be about 30% development and 70% code reviews.

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Required Skills & Experience

2-4 years of experience working as an Application Security Engineer
Experience with various SAST tools - Nexus IQ, CheckMarx, SNYK (primarily)
Experience with GitHub Actions
Ability to work with developers & talk through vulnerabilities in their code
SAST/DAST/SCA

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Terraform
Experience building out CICD pipelines
MAST - Mobile Application Security

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.