Application Security Specialist

Immediate need for a talented Application Security Specialist. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

 

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Pay Range: $68 - $74.36/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

 

Key Responsibilities:

Perform red teaming against applications and APIs.

Perform application threat hunting to evaluate risk to applications.

Perform manual (non-automated) security testing of applications.

Provide the vulnerability information in the predefined report format after performing the testing using manual methodology and tools

Generate reports on assessment findings and summarizes to facilitate remediation, document technical issues identified during security assessments

Be a subject matter expert and respond to any security engineering questions/ requests related to Application Defense enhancements

Collaborate with Security Architects, Product Manager, Risk Managers, and other teams to deliver high quality product.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

Key Skills:Application Security Testing, Red Teaming against Applications and APIs, and Applications Testing – Manually.

Minimum of 6 years of related experience.

Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent experience.

Minimum of 6 years of experience in application security testing.

Minimum of 4 years of experience in conducting red teaming engagements.

Minimum of 4 years of experience in application security testing tools such as Burp Suite Professional & Owasp Zap.

Ability to test manually and “live off of the land strategies”.

Ability to explain vulnerabilities and weaknesses in OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 to any audience and discuss effective defensive techniques.

Understanding of MITRE Framework and adversarial methodologies.

Ability to bypass controls and/or test countermeasures for misconfigurations.

Ability to work under pressure, multitask and be flexible.

Certified in OSCP or GWAPT or related offensive security/red teaming certification.

Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

 

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