Application Security Tester (12 Months Contract)

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage and execute security assessments for multiple agile projects simultaneously and ensure project timelines are met
• Perform application security testing on various types of applications such as web APIs REST SOAP Micro services thick clients mobile etc inclusive of the supporting infrastructure components
• Utilize Static Application Security Testing SAST Interactive Application Security Testing IAST and Component Vulnerability Management CVM tools such as Check marx Contrast and Black Duck to uncover additional vulnerabilities during Dynamic Application Security Testing DAST
• Analyze SAST IAST CVM and DAST tool results to eliminate false positives
• Leverage application artifacts such as business requirements user stories design documents architecture documents and others to understand the scope of the agile review Create targeted security user stories and misuse cases to execute during the agile review by performing threat modelling
• Collaborate with application teams to ensure that any identified security vulnerabilities are remediated in a timely manner
• Have the ability to read and understand application source code in order to provide specific recommendations for the identified vulnerabilities to application teams
• Have strong technical writing and presentation skills to report and articulate security vulnerabilities to technical and non-technical audiences

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in security testing performing
• Application penetration testing including Web Desktop API Mobile
• Source code review preferably in Java or NET programming languages
• Threat modelling
• A good understanding of enterprise application development using programming languages such as Java or NET
• Working experience in agile environments as part of the DevOps team with a very good understanding of the CI CD pipeline
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal and the ability to communicate with all levels of staff and management are also essential
• Must have a strong understanding of ethical hacking methodologies frameworks and industry resources e g OWASP OSSTMM NIST publications SANS CWE among others
• Mandatory Skills : Application Penetration Testing, SAST, DAST, SCA, Mobile Pentest, Web and API Pentest, Dev SecOps.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science information systems management or related field preferred.