Senior API Security Engineer

Habitat For Humanity Of Durham; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Truist Financial Corporation is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead API security testing and enterprise vulnerability management within bank-grade environments. You will work with DevSecOps, developers, and security teams to identify, assess, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in APIs and applications.

Responsibilities include conducting security testing and pen testing across platforms, designing risk-based remediation strategies, and integrating automated API security testing

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

Security testing

Penetration testing

Vulnerability management

Threat modeling

CI/CD pipelines

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Akamai

Salt Security

OWASP ZAP

ReadyAPI

Job description

Regular or Temporary: Regular

Language Fluency: English (Required)

Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

***This role is 5 days a week in the Atlanta, Raleigh or Charlotte office***

• This team uses automated API security tools like Akamai, Salt Security and ReadyAPI tools to identify vulnerabilities in running APIs
• This Senior Security Engineer will be experienced with API security testing tools such as Akamai, API Security, Salt Security, Traceable, Data Theorem, OWASP ZAP (API extensions), SoapUI, ReadyAPI, or Burp Suite
• The team partners with application development, DevSecOps, and technology teams to identify, assess, prioritize, and drive remediation of security vulnerabilities across applications, APIs,

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• 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.

Required Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of industry security frameworks and standards, including:
  • NIST SP 800-228 (API Security Guidance)
  • FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) guidelines
  • OWASP API Security Top 10
  • Financial-grade API (FAPI – OpenID Foundation)
• Strong understanding of API security protocols and frameworks, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Mutual TLS (mTLS), and JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
• Experience within banking or financial services environments
• Proficiency or familiarity with Python scripting
• Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, CEH, or Security+
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
• Experience in financial services, cybersecurity, regulated enterprise environments, or platforms with high audit and control requirements.
• Familiarity with secure tool-calling patterns, API protections, model or prompt change validation, and runtime traceability for AI systems.
• Working knowledge of cloud-native security patterns, telemetry analysis, and deployment gating for modern engineering teams.

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.