Principal Application Security Analyst, SVP

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

About Our Team:

The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is home to deeply talented colleagues that work to ensure the safety of Citi's clients', our revenue, our employees and our proprietary data. We manage information security as one end-to end program – one with a clear mandate and accountability. Our mission is a program that is fully anchored to modern control and architectural frameworks, is fully aligned with the enterprise architecture of the firm and is deeply integrated into the sectors and functions.

About the Role:

The Advanced Pentesting team plays a key role within the Cyber Security Engineering and Architecture organization at Citi, providing security testing services to internal businesses, enabling delivery of secure solutions to Citi customers at a rapid pace. The Principal Application Security Analyst position is a cross-functional role that will be responsible for leading analysis and research of new vulnerabilities and exploits, and identification of systemic issues within mission critical Citi applications. The candidate needs to be an innovator, analytical thinker, team player, and an effective communicator, able to bridge business, technology, and security requirements. The successful candidate must be an individual who understands modern software development frameworks, complex enterprise architectures, and keeps up with the ever-evolving cyber security threat landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform in-depth analysis and research of new vulnerabilities and exploits. Demonstrate the impact of these through the development of proof-of-concept code.
• Have strong technical writing and presentation skills to articulate research results and proof of concepts to any audience.
• Drive remediation by outlining a defense-in-depth approach to business stakeholders and providing strategic solutions to developers on effective security controls and counter measures.
• Conduct advanced threat modelling and deep-dive vulnerability assessments.
• Have excellent communication (written and verbal) skills to report and articulate the results.
• Review internal tools, testing processes and methodologies within Application Security space and assist in identifying potential opportunities for improvement and automation.
• Design and lead security awareness trainings for development teams.
• Mentor and guide junior security analysts and teams.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cyber security, or related field with a minimum of 10 years of professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience in vulnerability discovery, analysis, and exploitation.
• Comfortable with manual application penetration testing and threat modeling.
• Passion for security research, demonstrated by published research, active participation in community events, or contributions to the security community.
• Understand CVEs and should be able to reproduce proof-of-concept easily.
• Strong understanding of a variety of application architectures (Microservices, REST APIs, SOA, MVC), software development methodologies (Agile, DevOps, Waterfall), programming/scripting languages (Java, .NET/C#, C/C++, Python, Ruby), development frameworks (Spring, Struts, AngularJS, NodeJS), and application infrastructure (web/app servers, middleware components, databases, public/private/hybrid cloud deployment, cloud service models - SaaS/PaaS/IaaS).
• Hands-on experience working with security tools such as BurpSuite Proxy, AppScan, WebInspect, SoapUI, Qualys, CheckMarx, BlackDuck, Nessus, NMAP.
• Deep knowledge of common application security related industry standards such as OWASP Top 10, CWE/SANS Top 25.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication skills with the capacity to articulate complex security issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Must have or be willing to obtain industry-accredited security certification such as: GWAPT, GPEN, GXPN, OSCP, OSWE, CREST, CISSP, CISM.
• Prior experience with application development and performing manual code review is a plus.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Information Security

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Fort Lauderdale Florida United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$145,840.00 - $218,760.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Jan 31, 2025

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