Devsecops Application Security

Dynpro - Fremont, CA

Full-time

Fremont, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The DevSecOps Application Security role focuses on integrating security practices within the DevOps process, ensuring that application security is prioritized throughout the software development lifecycle. This position involves designing and implementing security solutions for cloud resources, leading application security initiatives, and promoting best practices among development teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain solutions for managing and protecting cloud resources, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security.
• Contribute to security hardening efforts and develop baseline configurations for all key systems.
• Lead application security processes, including managing security tools in CI/CD pipelines, reviewing project architectures, performing initial threat modeling, and triaging identified security defects with suggested fixes.
• Work closely with development teams to promote best application security practices.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to ensure consistent implementation of security standards and remediate identified security posture gaps.
• Contribute to bug bounty triage and remediation processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of proven experience in application security (web, API, mobile) or a related role.
• 3+ years of experience in cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and 'desired state' concepts using tools like Terraform, Salt, Chef, or Puppet.
• Knowledge of common attack vectors, including the OWASP Top 10.
• Experience with automation of build and deployment infrastructure using Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, CircleCI) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and strong communication skills.