Senior API Security Engineer

Fayette Chamber of Commerce; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

401k plan

Job summary

Truist Financial Corporation is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in the United States to lead API security testing and vulnerability management across API platforms. The role collaborates with DevSecOps and development teams to identify, prioritize, and remediate security issues in APIs and services.

The position requires strong knowledge of security testing, threat modeling, and regulatory considerations, with extensive experience in API security tooling and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Deep specialized knowledge in cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Proven experience in software development lifecycle security practices.
• Deep knowledge of threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
• Experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise vulnerability management program for automated API testing, including identification, assessment, prioritization, tracking, and remediation of security vulnerabilities.
• Performs security testing, and penetration testing tasks for assigned platforms and services, using defined methods to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Develop risk-based remediation strategies and collaborate with application teams to reduce organizational security exposure
• Reviews relevant security threats, tools, and design options for assigned work, and provides input that supports technical plans and priorities for the job area.
• Perform triage and validation of security findings to reduce false positives and improve remediation effectiveness.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated API security testing capabilities within CI/CD pipelines.
• Implements and updates security baselines, guardrails, and control configurations for systems and applications within the area of responsibility, helping maintain regulatory and policy compliance.
• Shares knowledge and best practices with technical teammates, offering informal guidance and support during code reviews, design discussions, and pairing sessions.
• Plans and manages own work to meet defined objectives and milestones, seeking feedback, pursuing self-development, and adjusting approaches to improve quality and effectiveness over time.

Skills

API security

Vulnerability management

Penetration testing

Security engineering

CI/CD security

Python scripting

Threat modeling

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education

Tools

Akamai

Salt Security

ReadyAPI

OWASP ZAP

Burp Suite

Job description

Truist Financial Corporation is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in the United States to lead API security testing and vulnerability management across API platforms. The role collaborates with DevSecOps and development teams to identify, prioritize, and remediate security issues in APIs and services.

The position requires strong knowledge of security testing, threat modeling, and regulatory considerations, with extensive experience in API security tooling and cloud environments.