Application Security Consultant (SAST & DAST)

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Role:Application Security Consultant

Experience:5-8Years Location:Hyderabad | Bengaluru | Pune | Chennai

Work Mode:Hybrid

Type:Contract to Hire Notice Period: 0-30 days

Requirements

We are seeking an experienced Consultant with deep expertise in Application Security Testing to join our growing team. The ideal candidate brings hands-on mastery of Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), paired with strong vulnerability triage and remediation-guidance skills. This role requires a technically versatile security engineer who can scan, analyze, and validate findings across the full application security lifecycle - from source code analysis to runtime testing - while contributing to tool configuration, false-positive triage, and secure development practices, and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consulting environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with client and internal teams to

gather, analyze, and translate application security requirements into robust SAST and DAST testing plans.

• Configure, execute, and maintain SAST scans

using tools such as Checkmarx or Fortify across enterprise codebases.

• Configure, execute, and maintain DAST scans

using tools such as HCL AppScan and Burp Suite, against web applications and APIs.

• Triage scan findings to distinguish true

positives from false positives, and provide developers with clear, actionable remediation guidance.

• Support application onboarding into scan

tooling, manage scan scheduling, and maintain scan coverage across the application portfolio.

• Validate remediated vulnerabilities and drive

findings through to closure in the Vulnerability Information Tracker or equivalent defect-tracking system.

• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and

platform engineering teams to embed security testing within CI/CD pipelines.

• Analyze vulnerability trends across OWASP Top 10

categories and recommend systemic fixes to reduce recurring findings.

• Document scan configurations, triage decisions,

and remediation guidance clearly and consistently.

• Troubleshoot scan failures, tool connectivity

issues, and environment-specific scanning challenges.

• Contribute to reusable secure-coding patterns,

scanning standards, and best practices for application security testing.

• Support release-gating and production-release

security reviews, including exception and risk-acceptance workflows.

• Mentor junior security analysts and support

knowledge transfer across the application security testing team.

Required Skills

SAST & Static Code Analysis

• Static Application Security Testing (SAST) —

Mastery: Proven experience configuring and running static code analysis tools (Checkmarx, Fortify, SonarQube, or equivalent) across multiple languages and frameworks.

• Strong understanding of secure coding

principles, common code-level vulnerability patterns, and remediation techniques.

• Ability to tune SAST rulesets and scan policies

to reduce noise while maintaining detection coverage.

• Experience integrating SAST scans into build

pipelines and interpreting scan results at scale.

DAST & Dynamic Testing

• Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) —

Mastery: Hands-on expertise running dynamic scans against web applications and APIs using tools such as HCL AppScan, Burp Suite, or OWASP ZAP.

• Working knowledge of authenticated scanning,

session handling, and crawling configuration for complex applications.

• Familiarity with API security testing, including

REST and SOAP endpoints, and common API-specific vulnerability classes.

• Experience validating dynamic findings against

application behavior to confirm exploitability.

Vulnerability Management & Triage

• Strong grounding in the OWASP Top 10 and related

vulnerability taxonomies (Broken Access Control, Injection, Security Misconfiguration, Sensitive Data Exposure, and others).

• Experience with false-positive analysis and

root-cause triage across SAST, DAST, and software composition analysis (SCA) findings.

• Familiarity with Vulnerability Information

Tracker (VIT) workflows: creation, validation, and closure of defects.

• Understanding of risk-rating methodologies (CVSS

or equivalent) to prioritize remediation effort.

Tooling & Integration

• Experience with software composition analysis

(SCA) and secret-scanning tools (e.g., Checkmarx SCA, Cycode, or equivalent).

• Familiarity with CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps,

GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD) and embedding security scans within pipelines.

• Exposure to cloud security posture and

configuration scanning tools (e.g., Prisma Cloud) is a plus.

• Basic scripting ability (PowerShell, Python, or

Bash) to support scan automation and reporting.

Collaboration & Communication

• Ability to work effectively with

cross-functional teams including developers, architects, DevOps, and platform engineering.

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and

written/verbal communication skills.

• Ability to document scan findings, remediation

guidance, and risk decisions clearly and concisely.

• Experience in client-facing roles with

demonstrated ability to present security findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering application security

testing services in a consulting or professional services environment.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as

Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP, including native security tooling and configuration scanning.

• Experience supporting multi-environment

deployment processes including development, QA, UAT, and production releases.

• Exposure to penetration testing, security header

validation, and automated security testing frameworks.

• Understanding of secure SDLC practices,

enterprise security standards, and regulatory compliance considerations (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or equivalent).

• Experience with agile/scrum delivery

methodologies, sprint planning, and backlog management.

• Familiarity with tool-outage support procedures

and SOP-based incident response for scanning platforms.