Associate Cybersecurity Engineer – Application Security Engineering

Full-time - Entry Level

Austin, TX

About the position

As an Associate Cybersecurity Engineer, you will be part of our Cybersecurity team to help design, enhance and build our Application Security Tools and Services in addition to supporting Visa Product Development teams in writing secure code free of Application Security Vulnerabilities in an agile development environment. You will work with colleagues, who will support and challenge you daily. You will work on designing secure web applications, unit testing, code reviews and regular check-ins to continuous integration that will become part of your DNA.

Responsibilities

• Help define consistent Secure Software Development Lifecycle practices for all Visa technology projects throughout the planning and delivery cycles that assure that application security risks are mitigated.
• Ensure end-to-end security of Visa products by hands-on testing, hypothesizing threats, helping development teams remediate risks upfront and championing secure implementation efforts.
• Improve secure coding practices, application security requirements, automation, training, and metrics.
• Integrate threat modeling practices into the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Help build secure products and standards around emerging technologies and using existing standards and security practices.
• Perform Security Architecture and Low-Level Application Security Design review involving: Data Protection, Authentication and Authorizations, Web Application Security and Network Security.
• Actively use and evangelize the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to support application security practices and processes.
• Collaborate with product development and solution teams proactively to manage software security risk aligned with business goals.
• Manage cross-functional internal and external team collaboration, evangelization, and communications.
• Develop and optimize processes to improve software development efficiency in the consumption of security development practices.
• Maintain active understanding of industry practices for secure software development and incident response.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, OR 3+ years of relevant work experience.
• 2 or more years of work experience.
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field and 2-3 years of Software Development Experience.
• 1-2 Years of Experience in Web Application Security, SSDLC and Threat Modelling with MS/BS degree in Information System management / Computer Science / Information Security or a related technical discipline.
• Hands on experience with Software Development Java, C#, JavaScript and HTML.
• Deep understanding of OWASP Top 10 and CWE 25.
• Proven track record and experience in implementing and integrating remediation strategies.
• Excellent understanding of web applications, web servers, layer 7 application technologies, frameworks and protocols with respect to application development and deployment.
• Operational knowledge of secure software development life cycle principles from training and requirements gathering to post-implementation operations support.
• Well versed with driving and implementing secure development practices into SDLC (SSDLC).
• Ability to effectively present and communicate security threats and risks to ANY audience and impress upon them the mitigation techniques and strategies.
• Familiar with waterfall and agile development processes and have experience integrating secure development practices into both models.
• Deep knowledge and experience in using SAST, DAST and fuzz testing tools.
• Highly effective communicator with well-honed influencing and negotiating skills.
• Solid problem solving and analytical skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Success in implementing effective Secure SDLC frameworks across a large corporation.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Able to negotiate and bring consensus to diverse priorities of product development and solution teams.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401 (k)
• FSA/HSA
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program