Application Security Engineer - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Highland Capital Europe

Description

In your role asApplication Security Engineer, you will be joining the Application Security and Vulnerability Management (ASVM) team within our Security department. This is a highly collaborative role, engaging and working with other teams (e.g., other Security disciplines, Engineering and Cloud Operations, etc.) across our business. As part of this dynamic role, you will be covering all aspects of Application Security with great opportunities for skills development and professional growth.

You will help us achieve our goals and deliver success on behalf of our customers by:

Working with other Application Security team members to help enhance the security of our internally developed software products

Working with our Engineering department to help investigate and resolve identified software vulnerabilities and issues, as well as provide appropriate advice and support on mitigation

Carrying out product security testing and reviews

This role can be based remotely across the UK, however living within commutable distance to our Cambridge office is a definite plus If you're based remotely, you will ideally be happy to travel to our Cambridge office several times throughout the year.

Day to Day

Generate reports for both technical and non-technical staff and stakeholders

Review findings from different security tests and analyses (e.g., SAST, DAST & SCA)

Keep up to date with the latest security and technology developments

Help to create, maintain and deliver security awareness training and make a positive impact on our security culture

About you

Must haves:

Strong knowledge and understanding of the 'OWASP Top 10'

Previous exposure to Vulnerability Management

Demonstrable software-related testing experience (e.g., manual security testing, QA testing or unit testing, etc.)

Previous Application Security-related experience (e.g., source code reviews, use of any Application Security-related tooling, etc.)

Ability and desire to learn new technologies and have a collaborative mindset

Great to haves:

Experience using / administering common Application Security tooling, including: SAST, DAST, SCA

Previous experience with Cloud technologies

Here at Featurespace we are committed to being a place of equality, inclusion and respect to provide a safe environment for you to bring your authentic self to work. We know that we gain as much strength from our differences as we do our similarities. We value diversity and are dedicated to listening and learning from each other to build and maintain a positive and productive culture. We appreciate this will be an ever-evolving focus for the business to ensure everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging.