About the position
This role is part of a team responsible for administering security projects designed to safeguard Capital Market's information systems. The Senior Application Security Engineer focuses on working closely with development community to ensure any code being developed follows the prescribed SSDLC process and enterprise policies. Acts as a subject matter expert who uses expertise to resolve complex problems in consideration of established policies, guidelines or processes. Reports to Head of Cyber Security of Capital Markets with reporting lines into the regional CISO of Americas Division as well Capital Markets' COO. The Senior Application Security Engineer will be responsible for ensuring that all code scanning vulnerabilities follow organizational policies and work closely with developers to ensure issues are fixed before releasing code to production. This candidate will have a strong development background and the ability to read and explain code deficiencies to stakeholders in various programming and scripting languages.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with stakeholders to explain code issues and fixes to the development community.
- Ensure all projects follow the SDLC process and all code in the environment is scanned and reported focusing on SAST, SCA and Container Security issues.
- Manage respective code scanning tools in the stack and day-to-day operational management of the tools.
- Interface with development and security architecture teams on topics related to application security such as vulnerability remediation, best practices, and threat modeling.
- Interface with the vulnerability management team to ensure vulnerabilities identified are reported and validated according to SLAs.
- Develop KPIs and metrics related to application security risk working closely with the Americas Division Application Security and Testing teams.
- Publish and present high-level management reports on the State of AppSec Program within Capital Markets and Nikko entities.
- Conduct some manual testing activities to validate vulnerability or penetration testing findings.
- Be available for weekend and night work as needed based on project, support, and business needs.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a developer with strong focus on Application Security.
- Development background with one or more of programming languages: C#, C++, Java, Python, .Net.
- Ability to read and understand code deficiencies.
- Ability to write code fixes for stakeholders and create automation scripts to support internal cybersecurity projects.
- Experience in developing and maturing CI/CD pipeline with respect to code quality and detecting vulnerabilities.
- 4+ years of experience with Static Application Security Testing (SAST) or Dynamic App Security Testing (DAST).
- 2+ years of experience with container security issues and container technologies.
- Thorough understanding of the components of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle.
- Strong knowledge of OWASP Top 10 or CWE.
- Understanding of common software threats and mitigations.
- Must be process and detail oriented, with the ability to create detailed process documentation.
- Experience with Jira/Confluence.
Nice-to-haves
- Bug Bounty and/or penetration testing experience.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range between $153,000.00 and $196,000.00.
- Annual discretionary incentive award.
- Competitive portfolio of benefits.
