Application Security Analyst ( DevSecOps)

Meet our Team

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data. 

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth.  We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

What you’ll bring.

We are looking for a talented Security support engineer/Vulnerability Management to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in building pipelines, integration security tools, knowledge of Git. You will be responsible for on boarding the engineering teams and their projects to our internal product and ensuring that security scans are run properly. Also, verify fixes and perform follow-ups testing to ensure issues are resolved. This role demands cybersecurity principles, IT Infra systems, networking principles, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with various teams.

Responsibilities.

• Collaborate with IT and application teams to ensure timely remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• Conduct regular security scans to identify potential security weaknesses.
• Optimize scanning schedules and policies to maximize coverage and efficiency.
• Stay up to date with the latest security trends, tools, and technologies.
• Security Testing tools: Knowledge of SAST, DAST and software composition analysis (SCA) tools like SonarQube, Checkmarx or OWASP ZAP to find vulnerabilities early in the development cycle.
• Integrate security tools such as SAST, DAST and SCA into CI/CD pipelines.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in security operations or a related field.
• Strong understanding of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), CVSS and vulnerability databases.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as OWASP, NIST and ISO 27001.
• Automation tools: Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Gitlab CI, CircleCI, and automating security scans within the development pipeline.
• Experience with cloud security and DevSecOps practices.
• Ability to quickly diagnose and resolve security issues in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• Extensive experience with Application security testing tools such as HCL-ASoC, Synopsys Polaris fast or any other industry known tool.

Our Company

Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation.  We guide customers from what’s now to what’s next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage, and we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive.  Diversity of thought is welcomed, and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities.  We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture.  If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we’d love to hear from you.

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Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion   

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.   

How we look after you  

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.   

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.