Application Security Engineer

Spiralogics International

Spiralogics is a leading custom software development company primarily based in the US, Nepal, and India. With 18+ years of experience in the tech industry, we go beyond the traditional application development process to deliver quality products. With an array of both in-house and client-based applications, we work with different technologies such as Dot NET, PHP, Python, Node JS, React, Angular JS, Java, Xamarin, iOS, Android, and Flutter. If you want to build your career in a growing IT company, then come join Spiralogics. We provide a fun, friendly, and flexible working environment with an employee-centric work culture. To give you a sense of what we expect, here is a link [career.spiralogics.com] to our own career portal where we constantly add new positions that may better fit you.

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Essential Job Duties


o Perform vulnerability and penetration testing.

o Document security findings with reasonable methods to secure.

o Focus on automation to aid inefficiencies with both testing and remediation of findings.

o Work in tandem with developers to provide repetitive validation testing prior to production while allowing for a continuous cycle of development followed by application security assessments.

o Regularly monitor the security community for public-facing security issues, as well as to learn new tactics that can be used in testing.

o Attend and participate in application projects and change management committees. This includes interacting with business units and technical teams to understand what is coming and how their projects can be more secure from the beginning.

o Fully define and follow a security review process to ensure an automated and repeatable process is managed. This can be through the use of dynamic and static code analysis resources.

o Use security standards and implementation configurations, as well as common

o security frameworks.Document delivery and implementation advances that meet defined service-level agreements

o (SLAs) and business metrics.

o Align with architects and development teams for a mission of secure design.

o Train developers and junior application security engineers on weaknesses to avoid.

o Actively participate and lead security team meetings that facilitate secure design.

o Highly engage in information security projects that evaluate existing security infrastructure and propose changes as defined by security leadership and architects. Additionally, deliver projects on time, within budget and in accordance with SLAs.

o Focus on application security that observes compliance – Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Payment Card Industry (PCI), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), etc. – and privacy laws.

o Work in tandem with architects, the security operations center (SOC), incident responders (when anomalous activity and host compromise occurs), and technology infrastructure and development team members.

o Respond to and handle service and escalation tickets within SLA expectations.

o Develop security test plans from architectural design. Identify deficiencies and make enhancements to ensure production is not impacted.

o Drive security efficiencies, enabling security team members to work on more advanced tasks.

o Conduct performance testing to stress the limitations of security solutions while ensuring business innovation and day-to-day processes are not negatively impacted.

o Perform other duties as assigned.

 

 Skills and Experience

o At least 5+ years’ experience in cybersecurity, including compliance and risk management with a system and network security engineering background.

o Highly technical and analytical experience, with a proven deep background (preferred 5+ years’ in addition to cybersecurity) in application programming.

oExperience in threat modeling applications.

o Vulnerability and penetration-testing skills.

o Excellence in communicating business risk from cybersecurity issues.

o Proficiency in software development (Java, Python, C++, Ruby, etc.).

o Solid understanding of network and web protocols.

o Experience with security of intra-company and third-party APIs.

o Experience with dynamic and static analysis tools.

o Track record of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating effectively.


 

Additional Qualifications

o Experience with applications hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure.

o Experience with cryptography controls and measures to secure applications and data. Proficiency with scripting in Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, PHP or Ruby.

o DevOps background in public and private clouds.

o Experience with one or more of the following: ISO 27001, NIST, PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), HIPAA, Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, SOX, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Center for Internet Security (CIS) standards or Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2.

o Working knowledge of Windows, Linux and Unix.

o Familiarity with state privacy laws.

o Highly trustworthy; leads by example.

Overview

Category Computer - Programming
Openings 2
Position Type Full Time
Position Level Mid Level
Experience 2+ years
Education Bachelors in Computer Science
Posted Date 06 May, 2021
Apply Before 04 Jun, 2021
City Kathmandu