Sr Application Security Advisor

ob Description:

Job Title: Sr Application Security Advisor

Location: Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance and act as security advisors to Application development team, Application Security Engineers and Analysts.
• Assist in the support of systems and tools supported by Secure Software development & Application Security
• Integrate with development squads to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Review and interpret vulnerability scan results.
• Provide guidance on fixing common security issues such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
• Review static analysis results and provide secure practices guidance to development teams related to software
• security defects and assisting them with remediation
• Familiarity with SAST, DAST, IAST tools.
• Strong communication skills to convey security risks and solution to development teams.
• Triage findings from application security tools and provide actionable feedback to development teams.
• Experience in one or more of the following languages (Java/Python)
• Solid experience in AWS core services.

Requirements:

• Coding Experience: Strong background in Java and/or Python.
• Security Knowledge: Understanding of application security principles and common vulnerabilities.
• Communication Skills: Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts and remediation steps to developers.
• Cloud Basics: Familiarity with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or similar platforms (detailed hands-on experience is not required).
• Tools: Experience with various scanning tools for static and dynamic analysis (specific tools not required as the process is similar across tools).
• CI/CD Pipelines: Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated vulnerability scanning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in application security, particularly in reviewing and fixing vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of security best practices and secure coding standards.