Sr. Spclst , Cybersecurity Engineering Product Security

Job Description

Required Experience and Skills:

• Experience with one or more cloud and container platforms such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Tanzu/Cloud Foundry.
• Experience in secure software development (software/QA/DevOps engineer, etc.) or Information Security, with a strong desire to learn Application Security.
• Understanding of web browsers, network and web-related protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, DNS, SSH, etc.), web services, and APIs.
• Familiarity with application security tools (SAST/DAST/OSS, Mobile, and API security testing, etc.).
• Familiarity with secure cloud and container concepts, associated security risks, and best practices
• Strong understanding and experience with infrastructure as code tools and platforms, such as Cloud Formation templates and Ansible.
• Understanding of various application models (client-server, desktop apps, mobile, etc.).
• Familiarity with the software development/delivery lifecycle and accompanying technologies.
• Basic understanding of general coding concepts and best practices, and the ability to read code (Python, Java, JavaScript, .NET, etc.).
• Strong interpersonal, networking, influencing, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to navigate cross-culturally with a wide array of stakeholders, internally and externally.
• Personal drive and passion for continuous growth and the advancement of Application Security best practices.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Understanding of OWASP Top 10 web application security risks (XSS, SQL Injection, etc.) and recommended mitigation strategies.
• Experience with Agile development processes and DevSecOps best practices.
• Standard industry certifications in Application Security, Information Security, Cloud, etc.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and associated security practices.
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and their security considerations.
• Incident and vulnerability management
• Experience with securely implementing and managing secrets and cryptography according to industry best practices.

Education Minimum Requirement:
Bachelor's Degree is preferred. Concentration in one of the following fields is preferred:

• Cyber security
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Management/Computer Information Systems

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Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listedhere.

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