IT Security Analyst II (AppSec)

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About the Team

You’ll collaborate on security-focused tools and services while helping shape security documentation and standards. As an Application Security Engineer, you will play a critical role in strengthening WGU’s security posture by reviewing access requests, guiding vulnerability remediation, and contributing to security policies and standards. Your expertise will help ensure our applications and systems remain secure, resilient, and aligned with best practices. You will safeguard systems and applications by identifying, analyzing, and mitigating security vulnerabilities throughout the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Responsibilities

• Analyze source code to identify security flaws such as injection flaws and broken authentication.
• Oversee vulnerability scanning of applications and APIs.
• Perform threat modeling to identify potential attack vectors and security weaknesses during system design.
• Perform architecture reviews and create security documentation for new projects.
• Build, configure, and maintain application security tools (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA) and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to prioritize and fix security vulnerabilities.
• Educate developers on secure coding practices and emerging threats.
• Assess user access to software-related systems to ensure least-privilege access and provide appropriate risk mitigation.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Identify gaps and help develop standards, guidelines, and procedures to strengthen WGU’s security framework.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of information security experience.
• Meaningful experience in software development, including proficiency in languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, C/C++, etc.
• Security Knowledge: Knowledge of OWASP Top 10, web application security, API security, and secure architecture principles.
• Strong understanding of SDLC processes.
• Comfort with CLI and experience using open-source security tools (e.g., Kali, Nessus, Burp, NMap, Metasploit, Wireshark).
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify technical details for executive non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• Security certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, OSCP, CEH, or similar.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure security.
• Familiarity with tools like Burp Suite, Snyk, Checkmarx, or similar SAST/DAST tools.

Equivalent relevant experience may substitute for educational requirements at the hiring manager’s discretion.

Benefits

• Eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare.
• Health savings account and flexible spending account.
• Basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage.
• Accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages.
• Legal and identity theft coverage.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Wellbeing program.
• Discounted WGU tuition.
• Flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual.
• Flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $108,200.00 - $162,400.00.

Schedule

This is a full-time, 5 days in-office position at WGU’s office in Salt Lake City, Utah.

WGU is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.