Application Security Engineer (Remote)

SherlockTalent; Boca Raton (FL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Comprehensive healthcare program

Monthly Health Day

Friendly and inclusive team

Team member health and well-being focus

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a remote Application Security Engineer to join their dynamic Infosec team. In this role, you will be pivotal in developing and maintaining security tooling, automating security testing, and integrating security into application workflows. You will work closely with engineering teams to ensure applications are built securely and provide expert guidance on security architecture. This position offers a collaborative environment where your contributions will directly impact the company's security posture. If you are passionate about security and eager to work with a team that values curiosity and innovation, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong foundational knowledge of security best practices in workflows.
• Experience with full-stack web development and SQL.
• Knowledge of AWS application infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain internal application security tooling.
• Automate security testing and vulnerability management procedures.
• Provide training on software security best practices.

Skills

Security Best Practices

Vulnerability Management

Web Development

SQL

Security Token Services

Threat Modeling

AWS

Static Code Scanning

SSO Technologies

Security Assessments

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in InfoSec

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Static Application Vulnerability Scanning

Dynamic Application Vulnerability Scanning

Job description

Job ID: 3549

Job Title: Application Security Engineer

Location: 100% REMOTE

Job Type: Perm Full-Time

Salary: Highly Competitive

Security Engineer Job Description:

Our client is looking for a remote Security Engineer who will play a key role as part of the Infosec team. The successful candidate will have a strong background in the following areas:

1. Strong foundational and working knowledge of security best practices and their integration into workflows
2. Designing and implementing modern security reference architecture
3. Working with Dev/Engineering resources to build foundationally secure applications

Responsibilities include:

1. Develop and maintain internal application security tooling.
2. Automate security testing and vulnerability management procedures where reasonable.
3. Assist in the integration of security into the build/deployment process.
4. Promote a proactive approach to addressing the changing threat landscape by recommending and implementing architectural improvements to security infrastructure.
5. Provide expert guidance and recommendations for strategic and tactical security architecture topics through risk advisory services.
6. Perform vulnerability research, assessment, and management; serve as a technical security/risk advisor on all new technologies used/developed such as AWS, session management, SSO, Database, WAF, and open-source libraries.
7. Support the engineering team by suggesting remediation strategies for reported vulnerabilities.
8. Assist developers in remediating vulnerabilities by providing line-by-line guidance.
9. Provide training and education to developers on software security best practices in various cloud-based systems.
10. Utilize dynamic application vulnerability scanning.
11. Utilize static application vulnerability scanning.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in InfoSec, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
2. Experience with full-stack web development.
3. Working knowledge of SQL.
4. Complete, deliver, and maintain compliance documentation for internal and external users.
5. Experience developing and working with Web APIs.
6. Experience interpreting results from Static Code Scanning tools.
7. Strong knowledge of Security Token Services, Federated Identity Providers, SAML 2.0, OKTA, and other SSO technologies.
8. Experience with creating and maintaining Threat Models at scale.
9. Experience with securing database platforms.
10. Experience in remediating security vulnerabilities beyond OWASP Top 10.
11. Experience in performing security assessments on cloud-based multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications.
12. Experience in assessing the security of native and hybrid mobile applications beyond the use of automated tools.
13. Functional knowledge of AWS application infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience developing in PHP/Laravel Framework.
2. Experience with RDS.
3. Experience in at least one scripting language (Python/Ruby/Perl).
4. Experience working with SaaS applications, preferably in the EdTech or AI/ML Space.

Benefits:

• An amazing team of friendly and inclusive people who pull together and openly help each other.
• Passionate team members who have fun, work productively, and take pride in everything we do.
• We’re curious to explore new ideas, find innovative solutions, and we’re not afraid to learn as we grow.
• We work remotely.
• We recharge with unlimited PTO.
• Our focus is on team member health and well-being – we have a Health Day once a month.
• We offer a comprehensive healthcare program.

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U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.