Application Security Engineer / Azure environment / Financial Services industry

16 Jun 2024

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Application Security Engineer / Azure environment / Financial Services industry

Location: Oak Brook, IL (Hybrid onsite / remote schedule, 2 days onsite and 3 days remote)

Direct Hire / Full Time / Permanent Position (or please, no sponsorship is being offered)

POSITION SUMMARY: Application Security:
  • Focusing on enhancing the security of our applications
  • Provide guidance to Engineering and Product teams
  • Code scan to identify points of intrusion
  • Financial Services industry experience a huge plus
The Application Security Engineer empowers business leaders to continue to grow our business securely and our clients to achieve financial wellbeing with confidence. This is a Azure cloud enterprise, with critical services delivered in hybrid cloud environments and emerging cloud-based data warehouse. This role will engage with leaders and colleagues across the enterprise. The incumbent will to ensure the highest standard of security for the client’s digital products and its clients.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
  • Serve as a SME for Application Security, providing guidance to Engineering and Product teams
  • Design and lead the implementation of security related SDLC practices including code reviews, static/dynamic code analysis and vulnerability assessments
  • Maintain awareness of known vulnerabilities in application technologies
  • Lead research into suspected application vulnerabilities
  • Lead efforts around secure development training for our Engineers
  • Resolve security events, incidents, or conduct security assessments using penetration tests, ethical hacking tools, or risk mitigation methodologies to evaluate vulnerabilities
  • Classify, store, and handle data in accordance with policy or best practices
  • Work cross-functionally with other internal business units, such as, compliance and operations
  • Help track and provide metrics, status updates and reports for security related projects
  • Build processes supporting secure service delivery, supporting our DevOps teams.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software/Computing Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related field
  • 5 - 7 years of applicable experience
  • Possess IT skills, security skills, analytics skills, and knowledge of the Financial Services Industry
  • Prior experience

    securing large-scale web/mobile applications, including performing

    security code reviews,

    vulnerability assessments, and

    manual testing for logic flaws
  • Familiarity with

    dynamic and static application security tools
  • Experience performing thorough

    threat modeling of web applications
  • The ability to effectively partner and communicate with Engineering and Product teams
  • Experience

    assessing Node.js, Java, React, iOS and/or Android
  • Intellectual curiosity to find new and unusual ways of how to

    solve cyber security issues
  • Ability to approach cyber security challenges while keeping an eye on what is important
  • Experience

    designing, building, and maintaining systems
  • Ability to work with both IT and business units in

    integrating security principles with business operations
  • Capable of creating and maintaining respectful, strong working relationships with business units from non-technical users to technical leads on projects to developers
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills (English is the primary language)
  • Knowledge of

    ITIL/ITSM Foundational practices and framework preferred

  • ID: #43107404
  • State: Illinois Oakbrook 60523 Oakbrook USA
  • City: Oakbrook
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-06-16
  • Deadline: 2022-08-12
  • Category: Et cetera