Security Engineer (Application Security)

1 day ago

New York, NY, USA

Mid Level / Senior

H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$153k - $207k/yr

Responsibilities

Lead initiatives to embed practical security safeguards across the business.
Conduct security assessments and remediation for cloud-native applications and vendor integrations.
Support vulnerability management by identifying and tracking security issues.
Develop and maintain security solutions through custom development and tool management.
Create hardening requirements and monitoring mechanisms to strengthen system security.
Enhance security and monitoring for containerized workloads and orchestration platforms.
Participate in incident investigations and contribute to root cause analysis.
Collaborate on evolving security compliance and regulatory requirements.
Research and evaluate emerging threats and security technologies.

4+ years of experience in security engineering or DevSecOps.
Hands-on expertise with AWS architecture and security features.
Proficiency in Python for building and maintaining security tools.
Familiarity with Kubernetes and container security.
Exposure to JavaScript and Go for security code reviews.
Experience using Terraform for infrastructure as code.
Strong foundational knowledge of cloud networking concepts.
Ability to embed security considerations throughout the software development lifecycle.
Hands-on experience with vulnerability management and incident response.
Familiarity with authentication and authorization protocols.
Experience identifying and mitigating OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.
Clear communication skills to articulate security risks to various audiences.
Proactive mindset focused on continuous learning and innovation.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects.

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