Security Engineer II - Application Penetration Tester

Full-time - Mid Level

About the position

The Application Penetration Tester is responsible for performing manual application security assessments (application pentests) and communicating any findings to the Development and QA teams. Additionally, the engineer will provide application design support and security best practice guidance, in the form of consultations, to various development teams and business stakeholders. You will be working with a team of highly skilled Application Security Engineers that are responsible with the application security and security testing of CME Group’s applications and services. This is a great environment to get exposure to a wide array of technologies and progress your application security career, while providing value to CME and helping to ensure that our applications are designed and coded in a secure fashion.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual whitebox/blackbox application penetration testing at key points in the Software Development Life Cycle for in-house or 3rd party developed software.
• Produce detailed documentation (reports) and present the findings discovered during your security assessments to our stakeholders (Management, Development).
• Provide application security consulting services at critical points in the SDLC.
• Have an interest in continuing your education and staying current within the application security domain.

Requirements

• 4+ years’ experience performing blackbox and/or whitebox application penetration testing (Web, APIs, Mobile, Thick clients).
• Advanced skills with application security testing tools such as: Burpsuite, OWASP ZAP, SQLMap, IDA Pro, Kali, etc.
• Knowledge on how to perform manual application source code security reviews for various languages such as: Java, .Net (C#, VB#), C++.
• Experience with UNIX or Linux.
• Experience with scripting languages such as: Python, bash, Powershell, etc.
• Have a passion for application security, willingness to continue growing your skills in this domain, and be able to share your passion and learnings with teammates.
• Self-motivated and a self-starter.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working in a DevSecOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environment.
• Experience with Cloud (GCP) or Containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with micro-service architectures.
• OSCP/OSWE, GWAPT, eWAPTx or other relevant security certifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage
• Retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active Pension Plan
• Highly competitive education reimbursement provisions
• Paid time off
• Mental health benefit
• Annual target bonus opportunity
• Opportunity to become an owner in the company through a broad-based equity program