Job Description
Title: Lead Application Security Engineer (remote)
Location: USA
Full Time
The Lead Application Security Engineer, is a member of the Cyber Security team and is responsible for providing oversight, direction, and advice to cyber security engineers, reviewing security designs, implementing technical security controls, and designing security solutions. They will help implement the information security design, enforce compliance with security policies and controls and function as technical security experts on various projects.
The Lead Application Security Engineer will:
- Work closely with product and platform teams to implement security controls. Plan, implement, upgrade and monitor security measures related to application security. Provide subject matter expertise on, and conduct in-depth security reviews of software applications
- Assess and understand Pearson VUE current security posture and future architecture, providing a viable solution path to bridge the gap. Provide security subject matter expertise on application security and help project teams comply with enterprise and IT security policies, industry regulations, and best practices.
- Work closely with functional-area architects, engineering, and security specialists throughout Pearson VUE to ensure adequate security solutions and controls are in place throughout all VUE systems, cloud systems and platforms to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Design security configuration standards, procedures, and guidelines for platforms such as baseline security configurations and hardening guides. Communicate security risks and solutions to business partners and IT staff. Coach developers on application security
- Recognize, adopt, and instill industry leading practices in security engineering throughout the organization
- Correctly balance security risk and product advancement, secure DevOps/Secure SDLC
- Identify and execute opportunities to automate internal, cloud and platform security controls. Identify and propose process improvements and identify opportunities for new processes and procedures to reduce risk.
- Incident Response, Support security incident response as required.
- Research, designs, and advocates new technologies and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers, business partners, and vendors.
- Contributes to the development and maintenance of the information security strategy.
- Evaluates and develops secure solutions, based on approved security architectures.
- Security Tooling, Administer, configure, and support security tools. Assist with adoption of new/existing security tools as needed. Create/support integrations of security tools into central analytics system
- Embrace a culture of continuous service improvement and service excellence.
- Stay up to date on security industry trends.
Essential Skills:
- Minimum of 10 years industry experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, or equivalent technology discipline
- Minimum 5+ years software development required (Java, .NET)
- Working knowledge of application development tools, techniques, and platform technologies
- Familiar with OWASP Secure Coding Practices
- Familiar with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes and concepts
- Familiar with REST API technology and methods
- Ability to develop scripts in Python (or comparable language)
- Experience in OOAD, agile processes, design patterns
- Some experience with relational database platforms such as MSSQL, MySQL, NoSQL databases.
- Some proven ability in security process and organizational design.
- Current understanding of Industry trends and emerging threats.
- Knowledge of incident response methodologies and technologies.
Experience with the following tools (Required):
- Java or .NET
- Web Services (SOAP/REST)
- SQL
- Angular
- Requirements & analysis experience
- OOAD design
- Agile development
- Design patterns
- OWASP Top 10
- Static code security testing (SAST) tool experience
- Dynamic Application Security Tool (DAST or IAST) experience
- Desirable Skills:
- Experience working in agile environment highly preferred
- Well-rounded background in application security.
- Experience implementing security controls in a global enterprise IT environment.
- Experience driving a culture of security awareness.
- Professional IT Accreditations (CISSP, CISM, CCSA, CCSE, JNCIA, CCNA, CCIE Security).
- Experience in creating design documents, performing code reviews
- Desire to expand knowledge in many development languages, applications, and tools
- Proven ability to quickly learn new processes and tools, business domains and technical applications
- Ability to think technically and analytically
- Ability to understand philosophy of architecture
- Ability to assimilate information, distill knowledge, apply experience, and provide solution alternatives and recommendations
- Must have strong time management skills – including ability to work well under pressure, plan, set priorities, adapt to change, and meet established timelines
- Must be a self-starter and detail-oriented
- Must have a “positive” and energetic demeanor
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Creative problem-solving skills
- Experience with the following tools (Preferred):
- Splunk
- New Relic
- Cloud security
Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the Colorado, California, Washington State, New York State and New York City laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:
The minimum full-time salary range is between $125,000 – $145,000