Software Security Engineer

Job brief

We are looking for a skilled Security Engineer to analyze software designs and implementations from a security perspective, and identify and resolve security issues. You will include the appropriate security analysis, defenses, and countermeasures at each phase of the software development lifecycle, to result in robust and reliable software.

Responsibilities

• Implement, test and operate advanced software security techniques in compliance with technical reference architecture.
• Perform ongoing security testing and code review to improve software security.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues that arise.
• Provide engineering designs for new software solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities.
• Contribute to all levels of the architecture.
• Maintain technical documentation.
• Consult team members on secure coding practices.
• Develop a familiarity with new tools and best practices.

Requirements

• Proven work experience as a software security engineer.
• Detailed technical knowledge of techniques, standards, and state-of-the-art capabilities for authentication and authorization, applied cryptography, security vulnerabilities, and remediation.
• Software development experience in one of the following core languages: Ruby on Rails, Java, JavaScript, and .NET.
• Adequate knowledge of web-related technologies (Web applications, Web Services, and Service Oriented Architectures) and of network/web-related protocols.
• Interest in all aspects of security research and development.
• BS degree in Computer Science or related field.