Application Security Expert - London

monday.com; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking an application security expert to enhance its security posture. This role involves providing guidance on security best practices, developing testing plans, and overseeing security testing throughout the software development lifecycle. Collaborating with various teams, you will identify application security risks, manage vulnerabilities, and promote security awareness across the organization. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, balancing office collaboration in London with remote flexibility, making it ideal for proactive individuals passionate about security in software development.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in software engineering with 2+ years in application security.
• In-depth knowledge of application security vulnerabilities and testing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Guide on security best practices and undertake security testing.
• Develop security testing plans and manage remediation of vulnerabilities.

Skills

Application Security

Secure Coding Techniques

Security Testing

OWASP Framework

Web Application Development

Agile Development

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Job description

monday.com is looking for an application security expert to provide application security services including secure coding techniques and reviews, education & awareness, processes and tools, security testing support and guidance for internal software development projects. The Application Security Team is based in our headquarters, Tel Aviv, Israel - you’ll be joining another team member in London.

monday.com works hybrid with 3 days in the London office.

About The Role

• Provide guidance on security best practices and compliance, and undertake security testing.
• Develop security testing plans and integrate them into the software development lifecycle.
• Perform and oversee security testing and manage remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• End-to-end work on reported vulnerabilities as part of the bug bounty program.
• Identify Application security risks and requirements for new projects and system developments.
• Sign-off on application security prior to live implementation.
• Collaborate with the architecture and development teams to review the design and code for security vulnerabilities.
• Embed/improve security threat modeling and secure coding in the development lifecycle.
• Provide technical specialist advice to ensure that security standards are understood and can be complied with.
• Monitor and proactively report on current threats and vulnerabilities to application security.
• Prepare and monitor application security metrics and KPIs.
• Initiate and automate processes for detecting and monitoring the platform security and integrate security tools into the S-SDLC.
• Work with the local DevSecOps team to improve our S-SDLC and take part in our security incident response team.

Your Experience & Skills

• At least 3 years of experience in software engineering.
• At least 2 years of experience in application security.
• In-depth knowledge of application security vulnerabilities, testing techniques, and the OWASP framework.
• Team player able to build relationships across the organization, also remotely.
• In-depth understanding of secure web application development.
• Experience in web application and Agile development methodologies.
• Exposure to methods of promoting security awareness.
• Strong communication (verbal/written) and influencing skills, with an ability to manage internal and external relationships up to senior levels of management.
• Anticipates problems and identifies long-term implications of decisions and actions.
• Ability to work and learn alone.
• Able to prioritize workload and drive work to set deadlines.
• Experience working with the hacker/pen-testing community.

Meet the Security Team

We are responsible for providing our customers, employees, and management with best-in-class security in order to promote our business goals and company growth.