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# Application Security Specialist

- **Company:** PRI Global
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Software System Penetration Testing, Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Static Program Analysis, Continuous Integration, Github, Network Security, Scrum Methodology, Power BI, Secure Coding, Software Vulnerability Management, Grafana, Software Security, GWAPT, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Terraform, Splunk, Jenkins, Servicenow, Static Application Security Testing, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** July 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www2.jobdiva.com/portal/?a=74jdnww6u8rk6etus6fjb7z7jh2bqs0267mjowh28c4pbat3q8pogch40ecq88g5&compid=0/jobs/28800403#/jobs/28800403

## About the Role

* Security Gates

 * Pipeline Security

 * Compliance Automation

 * Security Controls

 * Continuous Security Testing

Security Testing Tools

 * SAST

 * DAST

 * SCA

 * Static Analysis

 * Dynamic Testing

 * Software Composition Analysis

 * Vulnerability Management

Governance & Metrics

 * Security Metrics

 * KPIs

 * Dashboards

 * Compliance Reporting

 * Risk Management

 * Risk Register

 * Governance

 * Security Controls

Collaboration

 * Cross-Functional Leadership

 * Stakeholder Management

 * Program Management

 * Change Management

 * Community of Practice (CoP)

 * Security Champion Program, * Mend (WhiteSource)

CI/CD

 * Jenkins

 * GitHub Actions

 * GitLab CI/CD

 * Azure DevOps

Dashboards

 * Power BI

 * Grafana

 * Splunk

Collaboration

 * ServiceNow

 * Confluence

 * Jira

 * Microsoft Teams, * Ethical hacking
 * Red teaming
 * Bug bounty, * Kubernetes
 * Terraform
 * AWS deployment

Need AppSec ownership and security leadership.
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 6. Certifications to Prioritize

Strong:

 * CSSLP
 * CISSP
 * CRISC

Good:

 * GWAPT
 * GWEB
 * CASE
 * Security+

Nice to Have:

 * Scrum Master
 * SAFe
 * PMP

## Description

Job Description: Look for someone who has Application Security experience, has worked closely with software developers, conducted threat modeling and secure coding activities, integrated security tools into CI/CD pipelines, and ideally built or led a Security Champions Program or Community of Practice. Leadership, enablement, training, and influencing engineering teams are more important than deep penetration testing or network security experience.


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