Sr. Security Engineer - Information Technology

Sr. Security Engineer - Information Technology

Atlanta, Georgia

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Contract

Added - 10 / 16 / 24

Job Description

Innova Solutions has a client that is immediately hiring for a Sr. Application & Cloud Container Security Engineer.

Position type : Contract with possible extension.

Duration : 12+ Months

Location : Atlanta, GA 30354 (Hybrid)

As a Sr. Application & Cloud Container Security Engineer, you will :

• Conduct Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and Source Code Analysis (SCA) using Veracode.
• Correlate findings from tools such as the Veracode Source Code Agent to identify the presence of vulnerable methods in code.
• Research open-source community contributors and the NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) to understand residual risk and recommend a course of action.
• Determine how frequently and quickly fixes should be delivered for open-source findings.
• Review SCA reports to track new components and changes to existing SCA components in the environment.
• Have experience working with tools such as Sonatype Nexus Firewall and Nexus Lifecycle to track and block risks associated with third-party components.
• Work within the DevSecOps model to secure containers using ROSA, Tekton, and OpenShift pipelines.
• Design, develop, plan, implement, and maintain Cloud DevSecOps processes across multiple technical organizations, instantiating security testing for internally developed systems, applications, and infrastructure against business requirements.
• Guide development teams in integrating new services and applications into the CI / CD pipeline, troubleshoot installations, and build automated deployments of products into a high-security architecture.
• Possess knowledge of CI / CD orchestration tools such as Jenkins, Tekton, GitLab, or Bamboo.
• Provide operational support for container security tools (e.g., Palo Alto Prisma, Aqua, Wiz, or equivalent).
• Perform baseline image validation of new container template images.
• Evaluate scan results for container runtime environments to reduce security risk.
• Troubleshoot any connectivity or operational issues for clusters being evaluated in the Prisma tool.
• Validate and address vulnerability and threat findings from static and dynamic analysis tools.
• Characterize threats and provide recommendations for remediation; manage remediation efforts to completion.
• Develop and present findings and remediation reports to audiences, including team members from all department areas and levels of the company.
• Perform security reviews of software designs and assist developers to ensure the quality and robustness of our internal products.
• Conduct security assessments against web applications and APIs across a variety of technology stacks.
• Ensure adequate security requirements and privacy by design are built into all architecture, infrastructure, and projects.
• Integrate threat modeling practices into the application testing lifecycle.
• Impart application security and ethical hacking expertise into team processes.
• Drive improvements in the security testing practice, including execution methodology and metrics.
• Promote awareness and knowledge of security within the developer community.
• Continuously improve proficiency in application and API exploitation, tools, techniques, and countermeasures.

The ideal candidate will have :

• A B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Assurance, or a related field.
• Professional experience in application security, penetration testing, security assessment, secure software development, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience working with Cloud and / or DevSecOps-related technologies.
• An excellent understanding of DevSecOps techniques and processes, with the ability to guide the integration of various tools in DevSecOps processes (GitLab / GitHub, SonarQube, Jenkins, Selenium, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and containerization).
• Familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework or TOGAF and the ability to apply those principles while designing a solution.
• Experience building and supporting applications in the Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience engineering software within an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure.
• The ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems with existing cloud controls.
• Extensive knowledge of the OWASP Top 10.
• Experience with vulnerability risk and impact assessments.
• Experience integrating security capabilities in cloud and application lifecycle management platforms, especially in a DevOps model.
• Extensive knowledge of static analysis tools and flaw triage tools such as HP Fortify, IBM Rational, Veracode, Coverity, FindBugs, FindSecurityBugs, Brakeman, and open-source scanning tools like Sonatype CLM.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A strong sense of urgency and ownership.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

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