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Were hiring on the Blackbaud Application Security team! As a member of the Cyber Security organization at Blackbaud, the Application Security Engineer is a specialized position that plays a key role in securing software built and/or used by Blackbaud. You can expect to work closely with software development teams as well as third-party organizations to ensure that security, privacy, and compliance requirements are planned for, designed, and built into software applications at Blackbaud. In addition to securing software, you will be expected to stay up to date on whats happening in the Cyber Security industry to optimize and align our application security processes and systems throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) at Blackbaud. The Application Security Engineering team focuses on building automation for security self-service and vulnerability management to reduce unnecessary toil.What you will be doing:Identifying solutions for difficult security problems while participating in a broader agile Application Security team.Building comprehensive solutions to conduct consolidation, aggregation, and notification of security findings to respective stakeholders. Conducting threat modeling, secure design reviews, and providing direct guidance to development teams.Promoting, designing, and evaluating application security in all phases of the SDLC and constantly looking for innovative ways to improve processes.Influencing, building, and assisting with information security challenges within applications. What we'll want you to have:You are either a security-minded software engineer who has been building modern services using a microservice architecture in an agile development environment or a development-interested security practitioner who understands security best practices but wants to get closer to development and engineering.5+ plus years of experience with application security and relevant testing tools for: DAST: Burp Suite, OWASP Zap, Invicti, AppScan SAST/SCA: Fortify, Checkmarx, Coverity, Semgrep, OWASP Dependency Check, Mend, Blackduck Attack Surface Management: OWASP Amass, Spiderfoot, CyCognito 3+ years of experience with Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell. 3+ years of experience in DevSecOps integrating security solutions into CI-CD pipelines and automated tooling orchestration. Relevant certifications include CompTIA Security+ or CASP+, EC Council CEH, ISC2 CSSLP are a plus. Experience partnering with development and systems engineers on impactful securityinitiatives. Understanding of software development; how applications and systems are designed, built, and break is critical. UnderstandDevSecOpscultural mindsets, and an engineering-focused approach to solvingcomplexsecurity problems. Strong verbal and written communication skills to translate security objectives and requirements to specific engineering outcomes. The Application Security team at Blackbaud is committed to ensuring security issues are prevented, discovered, and remediated in collaboration with our engineering partners across the business. Stay up to date on everything Blackbaud, follow us on Linkedin, X, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube Blackbaud powers social impact through purposedriven technology and responsible AI. Guided by our Intelligence for Good vision, were building a culture where innovation, trust, and human expertise come together to help organizations make a greater difference in the world. Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. .
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
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