Application Security Consultant/Developer
The Opportunity
We are looking for the brightest and most enthusiastic intermediate / senior developers who are looking to move into the growing field of application security while still maintaining a part-time role developing.
The Role
This hybrid role will encompass application security penetration testing, source code review, threat modeling and training along with real remediation work at clients to help build more secure applications. You'll also assist us in developing point security code samples for different technology stacks dependent on your background.
About Us
Security Compass is an industry-leading information security firm that provides professional services and training to security-conscious companies. We bring extensive, internationally recognized, cross-industry experience to every client engagement. To our clients, we're not simply an information security company - we are trusted partners in the development of secure software.
The development culture at Security Compass is an agile, iterative, feedback-driven environment.
The culture of Security Compass is derived from one founding principle: to provide our clients with best-in-industry expertise and customer service.
Every member of our team is passionate about their work. We believe that engaged and motivated consultants lead to consistent customer satisfaction - and that consistent customer satisfaction leads to engaged and motivated consultants. We also understand that we have a responsibility to improve the state of software security, so we contribute regularly with initiatives such as the open-source Exploit-Me series of security testing tools and labs.securitycompass.com
Programming Skills & Experience
Required
- Minimum of 4 year undergraduate, university degree
- 5+ years experience in software development with extensive .Net and/or Java EE experience
- iDesire to learn about security
Non-technical
- Proven leadership experience
- Interpersonal & communication skills for consulting
- Outstanding problem solving ability
- Creative thinking ability
- Passion for customer service
- Willingness to learn and able to take constructive criticism
- Enthusiastic, optimistic attitude
- Desire to keep up-to-date skill set
Nice to Have
- Previous exposure to information / application security
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, or GSSP