Application Security Engineer - 100% Remote within the US

Park Computer Systems, Inc.
United States
11 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Starter
Experience required
2 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Software System Penetration Testing Application Release Automation Static Program Analysis Cyber Security Databases Perl (Programming Language) Python (Programming Language) Open Web Application Security Systems Development Life Cycle Akamai
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Secure Coding Software Engineering Software Security GWAPT Information Technology Static Application Security Testing Golang

Job description

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., * 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 discover 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

Requirements

  • 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)

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