Senior Application Security Engineer

Who Are We?
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How We Work?

Our hybrid work style 2-3 days in the office gives us the face-to-face time to have creative conversations, meaningful meetings, make quick decisions and build relationships. And it s flexible enough to give you the space to do your best work.

Mission and Goals:

• Take initiative and drive changes in our bug bounty program which positions us as the leading authority amongst other programs.

• Lead and influence cross-functional positive changes across the Security organization.

• Drive the most difficult or highly complex application security reviews and threat modeling.

• Own documentation and procedures surrounding application security reviews as well as lead by example for what successful application security reviews look like.

• Have significant ownership in and evangelize security training with development teams.

• Own documentation and procedures surrounding application security reviews as well as lead by example for what successful application security reviews look like.

• Integrate threat modeling practices into the Software Development Lifecycle.

• Train and educate developers and teams in secure coding techniques including use of supporting toolsets and enable them to self service

• Build and drive program level activities through the use and publication of metrics and dashboards that clearly show program and tool impact and outcomes.

• Highly effective communicator; well-honed influencing and negotiating skills.

• Solid problem solving and analytical skills; able to quickly digest issue/problem encountered and recommend an appropriate solution.

• Serve as mentor to other AppSec team members, providing guidance and support.

Competencies :

• Familiarity and ability to explain common security flaws and ways to address them (e.g., OWASP Top 10).

• A basic understanding of network and web related protocols (such as TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, protocols).

• You use data to inform and influence decision making.

• You have strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• You have the ability to build simple solutions to complex problems.

• You have the ability to iterate and improve on existing processes and programs.

• You have a proven ability to create new security programs and deliver successful results.

• You execute program-level leadership across teams inside and outside of Security.

• Written and spoken English at least on B2 level.

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To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.