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NOTE: Hybrid schedule with up to 2 days in the office per week. Hours would be 7:00am4:00pm CST but could be flexible
Job Summary
We are looking for a motivated and detailoriented Junior Application Security Engineer to join our global application security team.
In this entrylevel role you will primarily focus on onboarding security tooling maintaining documentation and supporting developers in integrating security into the development process.
In addition supporting operations from vulnerability management perspective. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your career in the application security field while working in a collaborative and supportive environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Onboarding Security Tooling:
Assist in the deployment and configuration of application security tools including SAST DAST SCA and other related technologies.
Collaborate with development teams to integrate security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
Ensure new teams and projects are successfully onboarded to security tools and processes.
2. Documentation and Knowledge Sharing:
Create and maintain documentation including onboarding guides troubleshooting steps and FAQs for security tooling.
Develop training materials and howto guides to empower developers to use security tools effectively.
3. Developer Support:
Serve as the first point of contact for developer questions related to security tooling and practices.
Provide guidance on using security tools and interpreting findings.
Support developers in onboarding addressing and remediating vulnerabilities identified by security tools.
4. Continuous Improvement:
Identify common issues and recommend process or tool improvements to enhance efficiency.
Stay current on application security tools and practices to bring fresh ideas to the team.
Detailed description of Activities
Integration and onboarding Support (this is a huge part of the work!:
Maintain a list of onboarded development organizations and update as new orgs are onboarded (we received the list from CCP team)
Help orgs in how to integrate their orgs (simple instructions and need to share the information)
Support developers with IDE plugins for Checkmarx (share with developers CheckMarx docs on IDE plugins integration and how to use them effectively)
Developer Onboarding and Support
Create and maintain developer onboarding documentation
share documents with onboarding and integration information with new developers
Provide firstlevel support for developers using Checkmarx (facilitate support with CheckMarx support team)
Create and update coding standards documentation with security best practices (as provided by CheckMarx)
Checkmarx Administration
Set up and manage user accounts and access permissions in Checkmarx (when needed)
Create and maintain project configurations
Configure scan presets as provided instructions
Generate and distribute security reports to development teams
Vulnerability Management
Track remediation progress and follow up with development teams
Maintain vulnerability metrics and prepare status reports and share with lead developers
Process Improvement
Document common security issues and create preferred remediation approaches (based on documentations)
Help maintain and update security requirements in development workflows
Collect feedback from developers when contacted through Teams channel
Documentation and Knowledge Management
Maintain internal knowledge base of security issues and solutions
Document common Checkmarx findings and remediation strategies (as provided by CheckMarx)
Create and update security checklists for different application types
Experience:
Entry level someone who is trainable; 1 to 2 years of experience in IT development DevOps or a related technical role (internship or academic experience will also be considered).
They need some foundational IT skills with a passion for security. This role will be more operational in nature such as setting up users & coordinating activities etc
*Must complete background check and drug test.
Education
Entry level someone who is trainable; 1 to 2 years of experience in IT, development, DevOps, or a related technical role (internship or academic experience will also be considered). They need some foundational IT skills with a passion for security. This role will be more operational in nature such as setting up users & coordinating activities etc
Full Time