Senior/Staff Application Security Engineer

Agoda; Sharjah; Hybrid; AED 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global travel technology company seeks a skilled security professional to enhance application security and compliance. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in secure design and penetration testing, along with strong communication skills. You'll work in a hybrid model, providing training and evaluating designs to empower teams. Benefits include a relocation package, flexible working, and various professional development opportunities while being part of a diverse, global team.

Benefits

Hybrid Working Model

WFH Set Up Allowance

30 Days of Remote Working

Employee discount for accommodation globally

Annual CSR / Volunteer Time off

Free Headspace subscription

Enhanced Parental Leave

Qualifications

• Strong foundations in secure design reviews and threat modeling.
• Minimum of 3 years of technical experience in related fields.
• Working knowledge of common web application vulnerabilities.
• Experience in running assessments using OWASP MASVS.

Responsibilities

• Conduct application security reviews and perform penetration testing.
• Engage in projects to enhance security measures.
• Provide training on security practices among internal teams.
• Evaluate designs and lead security teams.

Skills

Secure design reviews

Threat modeling

Penetration testing

Code reviews

Cloud environments

Communication skills

Tools

OWASP MASVS

Automated dynamic scanners

AWS

Azure

Job description

About Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.

Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.

No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.

The Security Team

The Security Department oversees security, compliance, GRC, and security operations for all Agoda. We are vigilant in ensuring there is no breach or vulnerability threatening our company or endangering our employees in order to keep Agoda safe and protected. This would be a great challenge for those who want to work with the best technology in a dynamic and advanced environment.

The Opportunity/Role Summary

• Conduct application security reviews and perform penetration testing, ensuring alignment with compliance standards.
• Engage in projects, research, and security tool development to enhance security measures and meet compliance requirements.
• Scale security processes using automation.
• Provide training, outreach, and develop documentation to guide security practices among internal teams.
• Offer technical guidance, advocate for automation, evaluate designs, and lead our security teams to empower engineering partners with cutting-edge tools, techniques, and methodologies to naturally build secure products.

What you'll Need to Succeed/Role Requirements

• Strong foundations in secure design reviews, threat modeling experience, code reviews, pen-testing
• Minimum of 3 years of technical experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security.
• Minimum 2 years experience with Software Development Life Cycle in one or more languages (Go, Python, Nodejs, Rust, etc.)
• Experience with public/private cloud environments (Openshift, Rancher, K8s, AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of security principles, compliance regulations, and change management.
• Experience in running assessments using OWASP MASVS and ASVS.
• Working knowledge on exploiting and fixing application vulnerabilities.
• Proven expertise in architectural threat modeling and conducting secure design reviews.
• In-depth knowledge of common web application vulnerabilities (i.e. OWASP Top 10 or SANS top 25).
• Familiarity with automated dynamic scanners, fuzzers, and proxy tools.
• An analytical mind for problem solving, abstract thought, and offensive security tactics.
• Highly effective communication skills, in both verbal and written forms, to effectively convey technical and non-technical concepts to a wide variety of audiences
• Exposure to advanced AI and Large Language Model (LLM) security
• Relocation package is provided in case you prefer to relocate to Bangkok, Thailand. Our benefits are...
• Hybrid Working Model
• WFH Set Up Allowance
• 30 Days of Remote Working from anywhere globally every year
• Employee discount for accommodation globally
• Global team of 90+ nationalities
• 40+ offices and 25+ countries
• Annual CSR / Volunteer Time off
• Benevity Subscription for employee donations
• Volunteering opportunities globally
• Free Headspace subscription
• Free Odilo & Udemy subscriptions
• Access to Employee Assistance Program (third party for personal and workplace support)
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Life, TPD & Accident Insurance

Discover More About Working At Agoda

• Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/
• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda
• YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics.

We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy.

Disclaimer

We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.