Application Security Specialist

CYE is looking for a talented Application Security Specialist to be a part of our team. As an Application Security Specialist, you will take an active role in security development lifecycle activities and penetration testing that will help evaluate our customers’ security level and improve it. A typical job could be breaking into a critical system of a Fortune 500 organization, analyzing the Secure-SDLC security gaps in a large department in a huge enterprise, and reverse engineering an application and encryption method in order to gain access to sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Manage, evaluate, and improve the application security development lifecycle of our clients.
• Identify, communicate, and drive the resolution of vulnerabilities.
• Research and advocate for new application security solutions and technologies.
• Continue to drive security evaluation earlier in the cycles through iterative security testing.
• Operate as an incident responder for triage pertaining to web-based vulnerabilities.
• Ensure customers’ security by hands-on penetration testing, hypothesizing threats, helping development teams remediate risks upfront, and executing secure implementation efforts.
• Improve secure coding practices, application security requirements, automation, training, and metrics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Application Security Secure-SDLC practices, standards, methodologies, and software team escorting; including standards such as Microsoft SDL, OWASP SAMM, and OWASP ASVS.
• Experienced with threat analysis processes.
• Deep understanding of OWASP Top 10 and CWE 25; with a proven track record and experience in implementing and integrating remediation strategies.
• Familiarity with a wide range of high-level programming languages (Java, JS, Python, etc.) and related secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) activities.
• Significant advantage: hands-on experience in application penetration testing.
• Advantage: Proven experience in high-level code auditing.
• Advantage: experience in CI\CD and CI\CD security.

About usCYE’s exposure management platform, Hyver, transforms the way security teams protect their organizations. With CRQ at its core, Hyver reveals exposure in financial terms, visualizes attack routes to critical business assets, and creates tailored mitigation plans. Founded in 2012, CYE has served hundreds of organizations globally.