Application Security Engineer job opportunity is available in Atlanta, GA

Location: Atlanta
Posted on: October 20, 2024

Job Description:

Application Security Engineer job opportunity is available in Atlanta, GA.
 
Role overview:
An application and security consultant role in support of improved software application and systems security.  Support with minimizing the possibility that coding or configuration security vulnerabilities could have worked their way into system environments that could present a point-of-compromise.
The Security Consultant will maintain involvement in the organization’s Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process, liaising with business and technical performers.  The Security Consultant will review project documentation, research and reference security policy, render recommendations and guidance, approve or reject project artifacts from a security perspective, and perform other tasks in the pursuit of secure software development.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for providing technical expertise on the development and support of all activities, processes, and tools for protecting technology-based information.
• Provides technical support to clients, management, security administrators, and network operations.
• Reviews, develops, tests, and implements security plans, products, and control techniques.
• Reviews circumstances surrounding data security incidents and designs corrective actions. Documents security policies and procedures.
• Provides implementation support for risk assessment and data security procedures and products.
• Leads enterprise-wide definition, establishment, and maintenance of data, security-related infrastructure, applications, and processes.
• Evaluates new and proposed security systems and technologies.
 
Qualifications:
• Professional experience with software application security, and its associated standards and practices.
• Professional experience as a software application developer in a popular development language (e.g., Java, .NET, C/C++), performing web-based development.
• Professional experience with securing mobile devices and applications (i.e., understanding attacks, vulnerabilities).
• Professional experience with popular operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Unix/Linux.
• Professional experience with popular system databases such as Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL.
• Professional experience with processes, tools, techniques and practices for assuring adherence to standards associated with accessing, altering and protecting organizational data.
• Professional experience with security policy, its interpretation, reference, and usage when delivering opinions, recommendations, and offering guidance.
• Possessing a clear understanding of software design standards, principles, and practices.
• Possessing an understanding of and can provide guidance on information security risk management (ISO\IEC 27001:2013, Octave-Allegro, ISO\IEC 31000, FAIR).
• Possessing knowledge and application of PCI DSS 3.0, GLBA, SOX, COBIT, ISO\IEC 27001:2013, and/or NIST CSF standards.
• Possessing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Security, Mathematics, or an associated technical field.
 
Desired qualifications:
 
• Professional experience with software code analysis tools (e.g., FindBugs, HP Fortify SCA), their use, configuration/tuning, and results interpretation.
• Having a good understanding of risk management, security architecture, common weaknesses, and vulnerability analysis.
• Having a familiarity with software testing tools (e.g., OWASP Zap).
• Possessing security-centric certifications such as CSSLP, or CISSP, other associated.
• Payments industry or financial sector experience.
• Possessing a Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Security, Mathematics, or an associated technical field.
 

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