Application Security Engineer
Elite Talent
AI assistant
Job Description
Department: Information Security Department - Security Engineering Unit
Location: Iraq - Baghdad
Reports To: Information Security Officer
Grade: G3 Specialist
Contract Type: Full-time, project-duration contract
Position Purpose
Embed security throughout the digital platform development lifecycle for a national digital transformation project serving a government entity - from requirements through deployment. Review code and integrations, and issue the security approval outcome for every release.
Key Responsibilities
- Define security requirements for each component and integration.
- Facilitate threat modeling for new components with developers.
- Establish and train teams on secure coding standards for .NET, ABP, and React.
- Define and implement SAST, SCA, container image scanning, and secrets detection in build pipelines.
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