Application Developer & Security Engineer (AWS)

DGH Recruitment Limited; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DGH Recruitment Limited is recruiting on behalf of a leading global client in the financial services sector. The role focuses on Application Developer & Security Engineer (AWS) and requires Dublin-office presence three days a week.

You will work with engineering and IT teams to strengthen application security, APIs and infrastructure through preventative controls, vulnerability testing, and threat modelling.

Qualifications

• Experience in application security focusing on red, blue or purple team activities.
• Experience in software development or contributing to Open-Source projects.
• Experience with DAST/SAST/CI tools and secure development practices.

Responsibilities

• Act as a security champion to foster secure by design practices.
• Identify and analyse web application security vulnerabilities.
• Oversee daily management of application security platforms for coverage, compliance and remediation.

Skills

Purple team security

Software development

Open-source contributions

Tools

Burp Suite

OWASP ZAP

Snyk

Veracode

Checkmarx

GitLab

GitHub

Datadog

Jira

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS WAF

AWS Cognito

Job description

Application Developer & Security Engineer (AWS)

Location: Dublin (3 days per week required in the office)

DGH Recruitment are currently recruiting on behalf of a leading global client in the financial services industry who are looking for an Application Developer & Security Engineer to join the team on a permanent basis.

They are looking for an individual that speaks the language of developers, thrives within a purple team space and has a passion for automation.

The role will work alongside engineering and IT teams to enhance application security, API's and infrastructure by implementing preventative controls and identifying risks through testing.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a security champion to foster the secure by design approach
• Support the identification and analysis of web application security vulnerabilities
• Oversee daily management of application security platforms to maintain coverage, compliance and remediation of findings
• Conduct threat modelling and review application architectures
• Implement application security controls and proactive measures to prevent security incidents
• Implement and manage SAST / SCA tooling across application repositories to identify source code risks
• Scale automated DAST solutions across applications to maximise testing coverage
• Carry out penetration testing on internally developed applications

Required Skills / Experience:

• Experienced in application security focussing on red, blue or purple team activities
• Experienced in software development or experience contributing to Open-Source projects
• Experienced with DAST tools such as Burp Suite, OWASP Zap or similar
• Experience with SAST/SCA tools such as Snyk, Veracode, Checkmarx or similar
• Demonstrated experience with development tools including GitLab/GitHub, Datadog, Jira, Docker, and various IDEs
• Experience with cloud services, particularly AWS services like WAF, Cognito etc
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes and Containers
• Experience with auth mechanisms like Open ID Connect, OAuth and identity providers