Senior API Security Engineer

Habitat For Humanity Of Durham; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Truist Financial Corporation in the United States is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead API security testing and vulnerability management across applications and APIs in Atlanta, Raleigh, or Charlotte offices.

You will perform security testing and penetration testing, develop risk-based remediation strategies, and integrate automated API security testing into CI/CD pipelines while mentoring teammates.

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 knowledge of cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Experience in software development lifecycle security practices.

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

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Penetration testing

Secure SDLC

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience

Tools

Akamai

Salt Security

OWASP ZAP

ReadyAPI

Burp Suite

Traceable

Data Theorem

SoapUI

Job description

Truist Financial Corporation in the United States is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead API security testing and vulnerability management across applications and APIs in Atlanta, Raleigh, or Charlotte offices.

You will perform security testing and penetration testing, develop risk-based remediation strategies, and integrate automated API security testing into CI/CD pipelines while mentoring teammates.