VAPT Pentester / Web Application Security

Skills:
OWASP Top Ten, Penetration Testing, Web Application Firewalls, Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Prevention, SQL Injection Mitigation, API Security Code Review Security Configuration, Web Application Security,

Greetings from Netsach - A Cyber Security Company.

We are looking for Web Application Security with 3 yrs of relevant experience and mandatory skills set are Web Application Security, Security Code review, API security, Underlying infrastructure security, Integration Security, Database Security, Secure Configuration Review.

Job Title: Web Application Security

Exp: 3+ - 5yrs

Job Location: Bangalore

Job Type: Full-time

Interested candidates please share your resume at [email protected] and netsachglobal.com

Job Description

• Job Overview
  
  

The primary purpose is to Design, Engineer & eventually Embed practical & balanced cyber / information security principles/patterns/controls into all products and platforms. Conduct security assessments, gap analysis, provide remediation to the relevant squads / stakeholders.

• Job Purpose
  
  

Primary/General Job Purpose

• Encourage Shift Left Mindset - Proactively embed security requirements, by influencing implementation of security & privacy patterns from the start of the development cycle
• Implement via Influence - Influence stakeholders such as Product Owners, Solution Architects, Developers, Testers, Engineers & others to include security patterns into features, epics and stories in order to build secure, innovative & superior digital products for customers and employees
• Assessments Perform security assessment and perform gap analysis to provide appropriate remediations to the teams for implementing the fixes.
  
  

Key Skills Web Application Security, Security Code review, API security, Underlying infrastructure security, Integration Security, Database Security, Secure Configuration Review.

• Tools and Technologies Burp Suite, Postman, Tenable Nessus, Checkmarx SAST, GitHub and good knowledge about monolithic and microservice architecture and pipeline driven security.
  
  

Experience With Following Components

• Technical Requirements
  
  

Application Security Assessment Skillset

• Web Application Security Owasp top 10 , CVSS etc
• Security Code Review manual code review in Git etc
• API Security Review Open shift, container review etc.
• Database Security Requirements to enhance security on Database
• Web Server Security Requirements to enhance security on the web server
• Configuration Review has performed different configuration reviews and should have found good misconfigurations in the system.
• Integration review How the application connects with different systems, performed security review on those integrations.
• Transport Layer Security How communication channels are secured and understanding of the Transport layer security mechanisms and controls.
  
  

Soft Skills

• Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and manage their expectations from a security perspective
• Holistic thinking; must balance security and functionality using practical demonstrable examples. Must also contribute to and implement good architecture principles to lower technical debt
• Assertive personality; should be able to hold her/his own in a project board or work group setting
• Superlative written and verbal communication skills; should be able to explain technical observations in an easy-to-understand manner
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tough/challenging deadlines
• Influencer- must be able to convince various stakeholders (internal IT Teams, C-Level execs, Risk & Audit) of why a certain observation is a concern or not
• Strong understanding of Risk Management Framework and security controls implementation from an implementer standpoint
• Has strong decision making, planning and time management skills.
• Can work independently.
• Has a positive and constructive attitude.
• Person Specifications
  
  

Specifications

Desirable Or Essential

Description of Knowledge / Skill etc.

• Education
• General
• Professional
  
  

Bachelors degree in a computer-related field such as computer science, cyber/information security discipline, physics, mathematics or similar

• General Information Security:OSCP, CEH, CISM/CISA or similar
• General Cloud Security: CCSK /CCSP or similar
• Specific Cloud Security: Azure Security or similar
• Network Security: CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
• Experiences
  
  

(Years & Type)

• Industry
• Regional
• Functional
  
  

Must have minimum 3 years of experience in an information security function with good background in information technology, stakeholder management and people management

• Knowledge & Skills
• Technical
• Functional
• Managerial
  
  

Expert at the Web application Security testing, in depth testing skillset and ability to bypass weak implementation for attacks, ability to bypass WAF for attack scenarios such as XSS, SQL Injection etc.

Good understanding of Microservice based architecture (Technical)

Good hands-on experience solutioning technology architectures that involve perimeter protection, core protection and end-point protection/detection & API /Micro services Security

Experience working in a DevOps environment with knowledge of Continuous Integration, Containers, DAST/SAST tools and building Evil Stories (Technical)

The Analyst / Engineer should be able to understand how different systems work and what security controls are implemented in such integrations.

The Analyst / Engineer should be capable in understanding the hardening standards, creating one if not available, and perform the testing against the hardening standards.

The Analyst / Engineer should be capable of assessing security flaws in underlying infrastructure and the connected components.

The Analyst / Engineer should be capable of assessing the security flaws in the Transport Layer.

The Analyst / Engineer has the skill to follow design principles and applies design patterns to enforce maintainable and reusable patterns, in the form of code or otherwise

The Analyst / Engineer can understand and interpret potential issues found in source or compiled code

The Analyst / Engineer has automation skills/capability in the form of scripting or similar

The Analyst / Engineer can attack application and infrastructure assets, interpret threats, and suggest mitigating measures

Ability to interpret Security Requirements mandated by oversight functions and ensure comprehensive coverage of those requirements, via documentation, within high level design and/or during agile ceremonies, via Evil Stories

Desirable

The Analyst / Engineer can propose options for solutions to the security requirements / patterns that provide a balance of security, user experience & performance

Desirable

The Analyst / Engineer has the skill to discuss and present solutions to other architecture, security, development, and leadership teams.

Desirable

The Analyst / Engineer can interpret and understand vulnerability assessment reports and calculate inherent and/or residual risks based on the assessment of such reports

Desirable

Ability to articulate and be a persuasive leader who can serve as an effective member of the senior management team.

Good negotiation skills will be desirable

Desirable

Must have good judgment skills to decide on an exception approval

Desirable

Ability to enforce improvements when necessary, using Influence rather than Policing measures

Desirable

Superior written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate security threats and recommendations to technical or non-technical stakeholders

Desirable

Knowledge of application of Agile methodologies/principles such as Scrum or Kanban

Desirable

• Behavioral Competencies
• Thinking Related
• People Related
• Self Related
• Influencer/Security Evangelist for the Team/Squad
• Positive & Constructive Attitude
• Autonomous worker / Decision Maker
• Good listener
• Patient & Calm during stressful situations
• High energy individual / Motivator
• Win-Win Attitude
• Hacker/Defense-In-Depth mindset
• Analytical thinking
• Team Player/Interpersonal Skills
• Eye for detail
• Persistent & Persuasive
• Organized / Structured
• Deadline oriented
• Competent and committed
• Peoples Person; understands stakeholder management
• Empathetic
• Passionate about architecting smart solutions
• Innovator/Out of the box thinker
• Collaborative Leadership style
• Confident Presenter
  
  

Thank You

Emily Jha

[email protected]

Netsach - A Cyber Security Company

www.netsachglobal.com

+91 8050023824