Application Security Engineer
Application Security Engineer
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Job Description
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services including banking leasing securities credit cards and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFGs shares trade on the Tokyo Nagoya and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas SMBC Group has a presence in the US Canada Ireland Mexico Brazil Chile Colombia and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate institutional and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organizations extensive global network. The Groups operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc. SMBC Capital Markets Inc. SMBC MANUBANK JRI America Inc. SMBC Leasing and Finance Inc. Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co. Ltd.
- This is a hybrid role requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.
Role Description
SMBC is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer who is interested in building a career at a fast growing and reputable Bank. Senior Application Security Engineer will be responsible for ensuring that all code scanning vulnerabilities follow organizational policies and work closely with developers to ensure issues are fixed before releasing code to production. This candidate will have a strong development background and the ability to read and explain code deficiencies to stakeholders in various programming and scripting languages. Acts as a subject matter expert who uses expertise to resolve complex problems in consideration of established policies guidelines or processes.
This role reports into SMBC AD Head of Application Security.
Role Objectives: Delivery
- Strong ability to work with stakeholders and being able to explain code issues and fixes to development community.
- You will work very closely with developers on day-to-day basis to ensure all code in the environment is scanned and reported focusing on SAST SCA DAST IAST and Container Security issues.
- Interface with development and security architecture teams on topics related to application security for example vulnerability remediation best practices threat modeling etc.
- Interface with the vulnerability management team to ensure vulnerabilities identified are reported and validated according to SLAs
- Publish and present high level management reports on State of AppSec Program within Americas Division entities.
- Some manual testing activities validate vulnerability or penetration testing findings
- Weekend and night work may be needed at times based on project support and business needs.
Qualifications and Skills
- 7 years of experience as a Application Security analyst or Application Penetration Testing analyst
- Expertise with programming languages C# C Java
- Ability to read and understand code deficiencies Required.
- Ability to write code fixes for stakeholders and create automation scripts to support internal cybersecurity projects.
- Experience in developing and maturing CI/CD pipeline with respect to code quality and detecting vulnerabilities.
- 4 years of experience with Static Application Security Testing (SAST) or Dynamic App Security Testing (DAST)
- 2 years of experience with container security issues and container technologies
- Through understanding of the components of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle
- Strong knowledge of OWASP Top 10 or CWE
- Understanding of common software threats and mitigations
- Must be process and detail oriented ability to create detailed process documentation.
- Experience with Jira/Confluence
- Bug Bounty and/or penetration testing experience a bonus.
- Have strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to demonstrate a self-motivated and disciplined approach to learning and working.
- Ability to work in a team environment and demonstrate leadership skills when needed.
- Possess a highly developed sense of personal accountability and follow-through with an ability to effectively prioritize multiple personal tasks projects and goals.
Additional Requirements
SMBCs employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home as well as from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal state and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process please let us know at
Employment Type
Full Time
