Senior Application Security Consultant

Veracode; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Unlimited PTO

Flexible work arrangements

Development & training

Job summary

Veracode seeks a Senior Application Security Consultant to guide developers and security teams on application security best practices with code-level remediation. You will work across languages, frameworks, and architectures as part of a global team.

Join Veracode to help customers interpret analysis results, advocate secure coding, and engage in sales and product feedback while advancing security in the software development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Willingness and eagerness to learn new programming languages on the job.
• Understanding of Application-level security and secure coding practices.
• 5+ years of recent, hands-on software development experience - professional, open source, or substantial side projects.
• Excellent "Client-side" manner.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Strong oral communication skills in English and good presentation/teaching skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Ability to apply these skills cooperatively in a collaborative team environment.
• Experience shipping code to production; comfort working within real development workflows, CI/CD, version control, and team coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Coach developers through remediating vulnerabilities found in their code, offering actionable guidance at the code level.
• Get exposure to a range of programming languages, frameworks, and architectures.
• Act as part of a close-knit global team; learning from and teaching your peers.
• Be a subject matter expert in application security, providing consultative services to Veracode customers - primarily guiding developers and security teams on practical remediation.
• Introduce customers and prospects to the Veracode service and interact with a variety of customer personnel.
• Help users and various stakeholders within the customer organization interpret results from the Veracode analysis tools.
• Guide Developers through using Veracode Services where required.
• Participate in the sales efforts as needed when technical capabilities of the service are presented.
• Become an engaged participant and trusted advisor throughout the customer SDLC.
• Work with the Veracode product strategy team to file and track customer enhancement requests.

Skills

Willingness to learn new programming

Application security understanding

Hands-on software development

Client-facing demeanor

Technical writing

English communication

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Production code experience

Job description

Looking for an innovative, high-growth, multi-award-winning company in one of the hottest segments of the security market? Look no further than Veracode! Veracode is a global leader in Application Risk Management for the AI era. Powered by trillions of lines of code scans and a proprietary AI-generated remediation engine, the Veracode platform is trusted by organizations worldwide to build and maintain secure software from code creation to cloud deployment. Learn more at www.veracode.com, on the Veracode blog, and on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Veracode is seeking a motivated and energetic colleague who is interested in working with customers' security professionals and software developers to improve application security in a measurable way. The Senior Application Security Consultant will focus on guiding developers and security teams on application security best practices by providing code-level remediation advice on potential application vulnerabilities identified by the Veracode service.

What you will be responsible for:

• Coach developers through remediating vulnerabilities found in their code, offering actionable guidance at the code level.
• Get exposure to a range of programming languages, frameworks, and architectures.
• Act as part of a close-knit global team; learning from and teaching your peers.
• Be a subject matter expert in application security, providing consultative services to Veracode customers - primarily guiding developers and security teams on practical remediation. Introduce customers and prospects to the Veracode service and interact with a variety of customer personnel.
• Help users and various stakeholders within the customer organization interpret results from the Veracode analysis tools.
• Guide Developers through using Veracode Services where required.
• Participate in the sales efforts as needed when technical capabilities of the service are presented.
• Become an engaged participant and trusted advisor throughout the customer SDLC.
• Work with the Veracode product strategy team to file and track customer enhancement requests.

Required Skills:

• Willingness and eagerness to learn new programming languages on the job.
• Understanding of Application-level security and secure coding practices.
• 5+ years of recent, hands-on software development experience - professional, open source, or substantial side projects.
• Excellent "Client-side" manner.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Strong oral communication skills in English and good presentation/teaching skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Ability to apply these skills cooperatively in a collaborative team environment.
• Experience shipping code to production; comfort working within real development workflows, CI/CD, version control, and team coding practices.

What's in it for you:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage to meet all your healthcare needs
• Unlimited paid time off and flexible work arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance
• Extensive development and training offerings to help you grow with us
• An annual contribution of 6% towards your pension
• Life assurance, personal accident, and long-term disability insurance
• Enhance parental leave initiatives as well as other family friendly benefits
• Annual fitness reimbursements and access to apps that support wellbeing
• Summer and end of year social events to bring the team together and celebrate our success