Consultant - Application Security Job

Consultant - Application Security Job

JD:

• Security Defect Management - Analyzing, validating, communicating, and consulting on security defects identified by both automated and manual sources such as CodeQL, Rapid7 Web Application Security, penetration testing, bug bounty, etc. In other words, our security engineers are partners to software engineers who require accurate information on why a vulnerability exists and what they can do about it.
• Engineering Consulting – Serving as a “best friend” to software engineers, architects, product owners, and leaders, provide contextually-aware guidance to help these groups make good decisions when implementing new features and remediating existing issues.
• Tool Enablement - Enabling and monitoring automated defect detection tooling (CodeQL, Rapid7, etc.) at the repository or application level according to established process.
• Security Test Onboarding & Management – Collecting and communicating required scope and access information for penetration testing and security assurance assessments, as well as handling the output of these assessments via our Defect Management Process.
• Maturity Measurement – Consulting with software engineers on practices which will improve their application’s security maturity according to scorecards and maturity models established by Cat Digital.
• Correction of Error – Authoring, in close partnership with software engineers, correction of error reports which help engineers and architects across Cat Digital avoid similar mistakes in their own applications.

Basic Qualifications

Two of three:

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer (in any language or framework) or software engineering manager
• 5+ years of experience as a software development-focused cybersecurity professional
• 5+ years of experience working on a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP, or Salesforce) as a software engineer, cloud/DevOps engineer, security engineer, or architect.

 

As well as:

1. Experience analyzing and remediating security findings from automated and manual sources such as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), penetration testing, Software Composition Analysis (SCA), etc.
2. Experience leveraging one or more of the following resources to support secure coding and decision-making:

1. OWASP Top 10
2. MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Top 25
3. OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS)
4. Other industry-standard best practice guides or frameworks

3. Experience building or supporting web applications and API’s including Single Page Applications (SPA) and RESTful API’s.
4. Proficiency in one or more programming languages.

Candidates must also demonstrate the following attributes:

• Decision-Making Ability – Our engineers make sound, justifiable, customer-first decisions to determine which security issues to raise to software engineers/leaders and support work prioritization decisions.
• Strong Communication – Our engineers relate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences and technical audiences without a security background. Additionally, the Cat Digital team spans the globe, and our engineers must collaborate effectively with engineers from a number of locations and cultural backgrounds.
• Active Participation – Software engineering is not a “spectator sport”. The input and experience our engineers bring to the table are valued and should be shared freely. Similarly, engineers are relied upon to complete complex assignments at a high level of quality with limited supervision.

 

Experience Level

Mid Level