Senior Application Security Engineer
Senior Application Security Engineer
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26-02-2025
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Job Description
Senior Application Security Engineer C2C
Location: New York NY
Duration: 12 Months
35 hour per Week
Location: New York NY
Duration: 12 Months
35 hour per Week
Job Description:
- Perform comprehensive cybersecurity risk analysis identifying and prioritizing risks specifically related to application security.
- Develop socialize and implement security strategies to address vulnerabilities in web applications microservices APIs and mobile applications.
- Track and manage progress against security plans ensuring timely remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
- Lead the security implementation in application development projects ensuring secure by design practices.
- Create and maintain architecture diagrams outlining secure communication flows and develop both highlevel and lowlevel security design documents.
- Troubleshoot and resolve application security issues in collaboration with internal teams and external vendors.
- Translate application compliance requirements into specific security controls recommending compensating measures where appropriate.
- Regularly report on the organizations security posture with a focus on application vulnerabilities to senior management.
- Perform/coordinate application vulnerability assessments and ensure timely remediation in collaboration with the Development IT and Systems teams.
- Implement secure coding practices perform static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST) and support developers with secure code reviews.
- Monitor security incidents and respond to applicationlevel threats ensuring quick resolution of potential vulnerabilities.
- Establish and enforce secure configurations for applications and their underlying infrastructure such as databases and APIs.
- Perform threat simulations to detect risks and recommend improvements for securing application designs API security identity management and access control measures.
- Collaborate with teams to ensure continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines incorporate security controls.
Mandatory Skills/Experience
- 12 years of experience in application security with a proven track record of conducting vulnerability assessments penetration testing and secure code reviews.
- Extensive experience in secure application development including knowledge of security frameworks like OWASP Top 10 and the ability to guide development teams in implementing secure coding practices.
- Proficiency in Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tools (e.g. Veracode AppSec) for identifying and managing vulnerabilities in opensource libraries and thirdparty components.
- Advanced knowledge of static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST) tools (e.g. Veracode AppSec Burp Suite) and integrating these tools into CI/CD pipelines for automated security checks.
- Strong cloud security expertise including securing applications and workloads on AWS Azure or GCP and experience with Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and cloudnative security services.
Desirable skills/experience:
- Advanced cloud security experience: Experience securing cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP) with tools like Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and implementing IAM encryption and monitoring tools.
- Experience with scripting and automation using Python Bash or PowerShell to automate security tasks integrate security testing tools and improve the efficiency of security operations.
- Strong communication skills: Ability to effectively explain complex security concepts and risks to both technical teams and nontechnical stakeholders ensuring alignment on security measures.
- Leadership and mentoring skills: Experience leading security teams or initiatives mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of security awareness within the organization.
- Collaboration and crossfunctional teamwork: Proven ability to work effectively with development DevOps and IT teams to integrate security into all aspects of the business ensuring security goals align with business objectives.
- Highly flexible/willing to learn new technologies.
- Highly organized with excellent analytical problem solving and decisionmaking skills.
Additional Qualifications:
- Certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) or GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT) are highly preferred.
- Knowledge of compliance standards like NIST PCIDSS and GDPR and how they apply to application security.
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