Application Offensive Security Consultant

Application Offensive Security Consultant

COMPANY:

Discovery Solutions is seeking job applicantsfor a Application Offensive Security Consultant

LOCATION:

Jersey City, NJ

SUMMARY:

The Application Offensive Security Consultant-Secure Code Reviewer is responsible for providing technical direction and performing secure code review on applications. The person in this role should possess good understanding of application security vulnerabilities, secure coding, software development life cycle (SDLC), Offensive Security methodology and SAST/DAST.

Key Responsibilities:

Perform Manual Secure Code Review against applications.

Analyze and identify vulnerabilities in source code using manual analysis techniques.

Coordinate with application development teams to collect the application details.

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

Assist the developers and business teams in detailing the vulnerabilities reported along with the recommendations for remediation

Align risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

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

Perform threat modeling, design, and code views to assess security implications and requirements

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.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 3+ years of experience in secure code review

Minimum of 5+ years in application security

Experience in performing manual secure code review

Bachelors Degree and/or equivalent experience

Minimum of 5 years of experience in application security

Minimum of 3 years of detecting and analyzing vulnerabilities in at least two of the following languages: Java, C#, C/C++, Python, PHP

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

Proficiency with application security best practices with focus on secure coding

Ability to work under pressure, multitask and be flexible

Experience in conducting analysis using commercial tools such as Fortify, Veracode, SonarQube or related tool