Application Security Engineer
Jersey City, NJ, United States
Application Offensive Security Consultant
6 month contract– CTH
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Hybrid – 3 days on site
The ideal candidate would be someone who has been in application security for the last 5–6 years consistently
Red teaming experience or manually testing applications.
3+ years of application security testing experience
Preferred knowledge and/or experience of red teaming
Experience in manually testing applications (non–automated)
Experience in application security (Not looking cybersecurity)
The Application Offensive Security Consultant is responsible for providing technical direction and performing security assessment on applications. The person in this role should possess good understanding of application security testing, red team / adversarial engagements, and penetration testing and related development expertise to guide project initiatives to ensure security best practices are being used.
Responsibilities:
Perform Offensive Security Testing against applications and APIs.
Perform application threat hunting to evaluate risk to applications.
Perform manual security testing of applications.
Provide the vulnerability information in the predefined report format after performing the testing using manual methodology and tools
Generate reports on assessment findings and summarizes to facilitate remediation, document technical issues identified during security assessments
Be a subject matter expert and respond to any security engineering questions/ requests related to Application Defense enhancements
Collaborate with Security Architects, Product Manager, Risk Managers, and other teams to deliver high quality products.
Perform Offensive Application Testing against applications and APIs.
Perform manual penetration testing and threat hunting against applications.
Provide the vulnerability information in the predefined report format after performing the testing using manual methodology and tools
Generate reports on assessment findings and summarizes to facilitate remediation, document technical issues identified during security assessments
Be a subject matter expert and respond to any security engineering questions/ requests related to Application Defense enhancements
Collaborate with Security Architects, Product Manager, Risk Managers, and other teams to deliver high quality products.
Required:
Minimum of 5 years of related experience
Preferred knowledge and/or experience of Red Team
Minimum of 6 years of experience in manual testing
Minimum of 4 years of experience in App PenTest tools such as Burp Suite, Owasp Zap
Ability to explain vulnerabilities and weaknesses in OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 to any audience and discuss effective defensive techniques
Understanding of MITRE Framework and adversarial methodologies
Ability to work under pressure, multitask and be flexible
Certified in OSCP or GWAPT or related offensive security/red teaming certification is a plus
Bachelor s Degree and/or equivalent experienc
Application Security Engineer
#J-18808-Ljbffr