Description

Application Security Engineer
The position is a great opportunity for an entry level Application Security Engineer or people who want to jump into Application Security Career path.
You will provide hands-on validation of static code analysis results and software composition analysis results, then communicate with developers to fix with guidance.
You will work with another application security engineer and be a part of the security team for the assigned business domain.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Work with engineers to address security risks and provide mitigation recommendations within the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Analyze output of application security scanners, such as SAST and SCA, to proactively Client risks and identify security vulnerabilities
• Validate and investigate applicability of identified vulnerabilities and provide risk analysis as needed
• Configure and fine-tune security scanners to ensure scanner output is applicable to the application's context
• Collaborate with developers and report vulnerabilities to application owners, supervising issues from report to resolution
• Engage with other application security engineers to align tasks with development timelines, completing tasks according to application release timing

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience working within software development
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cyber Security or equivalent experience (> 7 years)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as social skills including the ability to articulate to both technical and non-technical audiences
• High level of personal integrity, with the ability to professionally handle confidential matters, and reflect appropriate level of judgment as it pertains to security
• Able to work both independently and with development teams, and multi-task effectively
• Firm understanding of enterprise class application architectures that are highly scalable and reliable, and the expertise to secure them
• Experience with security architecture and feature design reviews
• Experience with multiple languages such as Java, Go, Python and Perl etc, and understand how to detect and remedy related security issues such as OWASP top 10

Desired Experience

• Excellent analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Experience with securing host, database, and application solutions for multi-tier systems
• Experience with penetration testing
• Knowledge of automated attack tools and developing mitigation techniques
• Ability to think like an attacker
• Experience with AWS and Akamai technologies
• Technical certifications within information security are a plus (GWAPT, OSCP or equivalents)

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate