Hybrid: Security Engineer/Application Penetration tester/w MITRE/Burp Suite and Owasp Zap (Local to Jersey City, NJ)

Duration: 1 Year+

Location: Hybrid at Jersey City, NJ (Locals Only)

Interview: Virtual

Visa: No H1B, CPT, OPT

A mid-senior 8+ years Application Penetration tester and security engineer to Perform Offensive Security Testing against applications and APIs and Perform application threat hunting to evaluate risk to applications. Candidates must have hands-on experience with App PenTest tools such as Burp Suite and Owasp Zap and to “think outside the box” and manually discover vulnerabilities and weaknesses in OWASP Top 10 without scanning. Candidates should have certifications, the more the better.

Job Description:
The Security Analyst is responsible for providing technical direction and performing security assessment on applications. The person in this role should possess a good understanding of application security testing, red team / adversarial engagements, and penetration testing and related development expertise to guide project initiatives to ensure security best practices are being used.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform Offensive Security Testing against applications and APIs.
• Perform application threat hunting to evaluate risk to applications.
• Perform manual security testing of applications.
• Provide the vulnerability information in the predefined report format after performing the testing using manual methodology and tools
• Generate reports on assessment findings and summarizes to facilitate remediation, document technical issues identified during security assessments
• 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 products.

Talents needed for Success:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in testing web applications
• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience with App PenTest tools such as Burp Suite and Owasp Zap
• Ability to “think outside the box” and manually discover vulnerabilities and weaknesses in OWASP Top 10 without scanning
• Understanding of MITRE Framework and adversarial methodologies
• Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent experience

Nice to Have:

• Offensive security or penetration testing certifications
• Certificates of attendance for completing penetration testing & red teaming courses
• Passion for participating in Capture the Flags (CTFs) and training (TryHackMe, HackTheBox, etc)
• Ability to work under pressure, multitask and be flexible