Security Tester

Location: Chennai, India

Department: Product

Experience: 3 - 6

Responsibilities

Application Security Testing

• Perform manual and automated security testing of
  • Web applications
  • Mobile applications (Android/iOS)
  • Microservices / Microfrontends
• Conduct
  • OWASP Top 10 testing
  • API security testing
  • Business logic testing
  • Authentication & authorization validation
  • Session management testing
  • File upload security testing
  • Input validation testing

Penetration Testing

• Execute black-box, grey-box and white-box penetration tests.
• Identify exploitable vulnerabilities.
• Assess exploitability and business impact.
• Validate remediation effectiveness.

Cloud Security

• Identity & Access Management
• Secrets Management
• Storage Security
• Network Security Groups
• Kubernetes security
• Container security
• Serverless functions
• Cloud misconfiguration assessments

Secure SDLC

• Review security requirements
• Review threat models
• Verify secure coding practices
• Validate security fixes
• Recommend design improvements

DevSecOps

• SAST
• DAST
• SCA (Software Composition Analysis)
• Container image scanning
• Secret scanning
• IaC scanning

Vulnerability Management

• Verify vulnerabilities reported by scanners.
• Eliminate false positives.
• Prioritize findings using CVSS.
• Track remediation.
• Conduct regression testing.

AI & LLM Security Testing (Preferred)

• Prompt Injection
• Jailbreak attempts
• Data leakage
• Insecure output handling
• Model abuse
• RAG vulnerabilities
• Sensitive information exposure

Compliance Support

• ISO 27001
• SOC 2
• GDPR

Automation

• Vulnerability validation
• API fuzzing
• Security regression
• Test data generation
• Security reporting

Required Skills

Security

• OWASP Top 10
• API Security Top 10
• Authentication mechanisms
• OAuth2
• OpenID Connect
• JWT
• Cryptography fundamentals
• Secure Session Management
• XSS
• CSRF
• SQL Injection
• SSRF
• XXE
• Deserialization attacks
• RCE
• Privilege Escalation

Tools

• Burp Suite Professional
• OWASP ZAP
• Postman
• Nmap
• Metasploit
• Nessus
• Nikto
• SQLMap
• MobSF
• SonarQube
• Snyk
• Checkmarx
• Veracode

Programming

• Python
• Java
• C#
• JavaScript

Nice to Have

• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Terraform
• GitHub Advanced Security
• CodeQL
• AI-assisted security testing
• LLM security
• Red Team exercises
• Bug bounty participation
• Capture The Flag (CTF)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.
• 4–8 years of experience in application security or security testing.
• Security certifications are desirable:
  • OSCP
  • OSWE
  • CEH
  • GWAPT
  • CISSP (optional)