Application Security Engineer

  • Contract

Company Description

Comtech LLC

Job Description

Job Description:

Our client is looking for experienced Application Security Engineers to ensure that applications and infrastructure are designed and implemented to the highest standards thus maintaining and enhancing customer trust. If you enjoy analyzing system services, operating systems, networks and applications from a security perspective, and you are skilled at discovering security issues that appear under new threat scenarios, this position will provide you with a challenging opportunity. You will participate in security audits, risk analysis, vulnerability testing and security reviews on many elements.


Key Responsibilities:

· Identify security issues and risks, and develop mitigation plans

· Architect, design, implement, support, and evaluate security-focused solutions and services including project leadership roles

· Develop and interpret security policies and procedures

· Develop and deliver training materials and perform general security awareness and specific security technology training

· Evaluate and recommend new and emerging security products and technologies

· Participate in incident handling

· Participate in projects that develop new intellectual property

· Evangelize security within Amazon.com and be an advocate for customer trust

 

Basic Qualifications:


· BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

· Emerging company-wide reputation in the field of information security

· Consistent implementation of security solutions at the business unit level

· At least 3 years’ experience in application-level vulnerability testing and auditing

· At least 2 years of system, network and/or application security experience

· At least 2 years of experience involvement with development team(s) that delivered commercial software or software-based services (development, QA testing, or security role)

· Strong experience and detailed technical knowledge in security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, and application security

· Development experience in C, C++ and/or Java

· Scripting skills (e.g., PERL, shell scripting)

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Excellent leadership skills and teamwork skills

· Results oriented, high energy, self-motivated


Preferred Qualifications:


· Experience with service-oriented architecture and web services security desired

· Experience with the application of threat modeling or other risk identification techniques

· Knowledge of network and web related protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols)

· Implementation of security solutions at the business unit level


Thanks & Regards,


Wasim Ahmed | Technical Recruiter

Comtech LLC

1801 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 560, Reston, VA - 20191.

Phone: +1 703 291 0569 Xtn: 310


Additional Information

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