[Hiring] Senior Web Application Penetration Tester @Appspace

Role Description

The Senior Web App Penetration Tester is responsible for internal penetration testing activities, supporting the application development team to resolve security vulnerabilities, resolving OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and working with cross-functional teams to implement secure SDLC best practices.

A Day in the Life of a Senior Penetration Tester:

• Perform penetration testing activities on Web Applications, Cloud Environments and Mobile Applications using black-box testing tools, in-depth penetration test (using shell scripts and manual testing) techniques, DAST & SAST tools.
• Familiarity with black box, gray box and white box testing techniques along with red teaming skills.
• Understand the application architectural components, business purpose of the application and code at high level.
• Assist in architecting secure coding practices.
• Research and learn about information security trends, new penetration testing techniques, and best practices, and share findings with the team.
• Experience with manual and automated techniques for penetration testing (network equipment, servers, web applications, APIs, wireless, mobile, databases, and other information systems).
• Execute vulnerability assessments (injection, privilege escalation, fuzzing, buffer overflows, etc.).
• Demonstrate a consistent track record of testing web applications for common web application security vulnerabilities as defined by OWASP.
• Provide feedback and guidance to the development teams on best practices to resolve security vulnerabilities and provide input on mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Application Penetration Testing & Security Engineering responsibilities.
• 4-years College Degree.
• OSCP, OSWE, GPEN or GXPN certified or ability to secure certification within six months of hire.
• Proficiency with Application Security best practices.
• Experience working with any markup languages and shell scripts.
• Proven knowledge of OWASP Top 10 & SANS Top 20.
• Ability to demonstrate deconstructing the Cyber Kill Chain.
• Proven capabilities investigating IDS/IPS to identify malicious traffic.
• Experienced with using Syslog events and other security tools to build an end-to-end analysis of events and threats.
• Log correlation to determine security events and manage alerts.
• Proven knowledge of application security methodologies, policies, standards and best practices.
• Ability to explain and articulate technical concepts using both technical and non-technical language.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Plan, execute, and report on all testing activities and outcomes.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Mental health resources.
• 14 week maternity leave program.
• Transport/parking allowance.
• 20 Days PTO.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Remote work opportunities.
• Paid company holidays.
• Appspace Quiet Fridays (No non-essential internal meetings scheduled).
• A casual dress work environment.