Web Application Security Engineer

GuidePoint Security - Falls Church, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Falls Church, VA

501-1,000 employees

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Web Application Security Engineer at GuidePoint Security is responsible for ensuring the security of web applications and the data they handle. This role involves working closely with customers to assess their security posture, implementing solutions to monitor and enforce compliance, and mitigating cyber threats to public-facing applications. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to deliver innovative security solutions and maintain a secure web presence for clients.

Responsibilities

• Ensure internal and external data security related to web applications and DOTCOM functions, adhering to best practices and compliance standards.
• Work with customers to understand their security posture and requirements around securing and monitoring web applications.
• Understand PCI compliance requirements and implement solutions to monitor and enforce PCI compliance across the customer environment.
• Implement observability solutions across platforms for application monitoring and alerting.
• Collaborate across the organization to bring access to product and technical teams to deliver the right solutions and drive innovation from customer input.
• Leverage previous experiences, share best practices, and create innovative solutions to push adoption of web application security standards.
• Understand cyber threats specific to exploiting public-facing web applications and deploy techniques and solutions to detect and mitigate those threats.
• Understand PCI compliance requirements for auditing.

Requirements

• 3+ years of security or solutions engineering specific to web applications or a solid network security background with understanding of how to secure web applications.
• Understanding of PCI Compliance requirements and familiarity with PCI DSS controls.
• Familiarity with threats and/or attacks to public-facing web applications and mitigation strategies.
• Experience in using data analytics platforms to perform queries and create reports/dashboards to monitor and identify networking or web application issues.
• High level understanding and comprehension of web application architectures.
• Proficiency in client/server network transactions and understanding of general network architectures for public-facing websites and applications.
• General networking, host, and security-based troubleshooting (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.).
• Ability to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical premiums (employee only $0 deductible and HSA plans) along with 75% employer-paid family contributions.
• 100% employer-paid dental premiums (employee only) along with 75% employer-paid family contributions.
• 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program.
• Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance.
• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment.
• Pet Benefit Option.