Senior Application Security Engineer

Team: Security

Location: Manchester

Commitment: Full time

Workplace Type: hybrid

Salary:

What you will be doing

Design
Establish and lead security champions programme across the development squads
Build functional and nonfunctional requirements for the application in conjunction with the product team
Input abuse case stories into the product backlog
Evangelise security across the product team, ensuring security stories are prioritised against feature goals
Assess SDLC security gap risks and propose remedies
 
Consult
Instruct and guide developers on how to conduct Threat Modelling during application Design
Act as the single point of contact for security concerns arising from the development team providing advice on how to solve technical software issues
Lead the pentesting cadence around the core application set by conducting hacking exercises
Provide application code reviews against known development frameworks such as OWASP ASVS
Provide input into the design of functional and non-functional security controls such as customer authentication workflows
Run Security Champion sessions to keep developers aware of security developments
 
Engineer
Establish security into the CICD pipeline such as SAST/IAST/DAST
Automate and build nifty security tools to test Matillion applications 
Integrate testing, build failures and outputs to the development team to ensure passage to production is secure
Create security tests for code and assist developers in building security unit testing
 
Support
Responsive support to the development teams
Analysis of logs to identify issues and provide solutions
 
Innovation
Research projects, including prototyping, to explore future opportunities
Investigate new technologies
Optimise the infrastructure deployment process through use of automation, in-house and open source solutions
 
Self-Development and Growth
Develop new skills by working with other members of the team
Work with the Team Lead to identify training goals
Lead and partake in technical discussions within the team
Actively identify and complete opportunities for self-training and external training
Drive the team’s process of continual improvement

What we are looking for

Technical / Role Specific 
 
Essential
A passion and drive to succeed in Application Security
Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle
 
Desirable
Security professional at heart borne from a software engineering background
Experience of working with the OWASP ASVS framework
Experience in Agile delivery environments
Greenfield experience setting up security technologies from scratch
Outgoing and able to build relationships with key stakeholders
 
Personal Capabilities Required, e.g. skills, attitude, strengths
Can do attitude, willing to take on a wide range of security issues
Keeps up to date with security developments
Keen to engage with the security community on a range of topics
Fast learner