Application Security Operations Specialist

Bank of America; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 78,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking an Applications Security Operations Specialist to ensure global coverage of its security testing and scanning program. You will support end-to-end technology enablement, collaborate across time zones, and drive improvements in scanning capabilities and false positives.

You will execute automated scans, triage findings, assist incident response, and help security teams resolve issues.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in tool integration with workflow platforms (e.g., ServiceNow).
• Strong vulnerability management concepts and terminology.
• Excellent prioritization, communication, and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute automated and custom scan routines to detect vulnerabilities.
• Provide operational support for testing harnesses and AI models.
• Triage, resolve events and findings, including false positives, with remediation teams.
• Assist incident response and maximize collaboration with control owners.
• Support application teams in understanding and resolving security findings.
• Participate in developing and implementing the technology strategy.
• Conduct PoC testing for next-gen scanning technologies.
• Optimize scanning platforms and procedures for resiliency.
• Identify detection gaps and map to suitable solutions.
• Analyze data/trends to improve vulnerability management lessons learned.

Skills

Tool integration

Vulnerability management

Prioritization & mentoring

Education

BS/MS in IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

Cloud-based scanning

Compliance frameworks (NIST/FFIEC)

Job description

Position Summary

The Application Security Operations Specialist is a key role, responsible for ensuring continuity of the global operational coverage, and supporting end-to-end strategic technology enablement for our application security assessment and scanning program. This role is part of a global team of operations specialists supporting follow-the-sun coverage for the Bank’s application security testing and scanning activities This role supports continuous improvement in scanning capabilities, false positive identification, and vulnerability verification requiring cross-organization collaboration to drive enterprise security solutions.

Responsibilities

• Execute automated and custom scan routines to detect application and source code vulnerabilities.
• Operational support of new frontier AI models and related testing harnesses.
• Support for identifying, triaging, resolving events and results, including false positive results, and verifications and finding closure in collaboration with other partners, including Enterprise Remediation Governance.
• Participate in incident response activities and contribute pertinent information to maximize collaboration with control owners and remediation teams.
• Support application teams in their understanding and resolution of security findings.
• Participate in development and implementation of the technology strategy.
• Conduct proof-of-concept testing for next-gen scanning technologies.
• Optimize and ensure resiliency of scanning platforms, including operational process improvement.
• Identify and map vulnerability detection gaps to appropriate technology solutions.
• Data/trend analysis to feed harness development and vulnerability management lessons learned.

Required Qualifications

• 3 + years experience in driving and/or supporting tool integration with workflow platforms (e.g., ServiceNow).
• Strong understanding of vulnerability management concepts and terminology.
• Excellent prioritization, communication, and mentoring skills.

Desired Qualifications

• BS/MS in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, cloud-based scanning, and compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, FFIEC).
• Experience with vulnerability rating methodologies.
• Background in Windows and UNIX administration.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted vulnerability identification activities.

Shift

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week

40

Pay Transparency details

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Pay and benefits information

Pay range $78,200.00 - $136,300.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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