Application Security Lead

About CENSUS

CENSUS is an internationally acclaimed Cybersecurity services provider. We support the needs of multiple industries, providing IT and OT security services to public and private organizations around the world, ranging from financial institutions and critical infrastructure to automotive and secure communications, including Fortune 500 companies. Powered by cutting-edge research, scientific analysis and in-depth engineering experience across various industries & technologies, CENSUS delivers unparalleled security consulting & assessment services for products (software, services, devices, and large-scale platforms), infrastructure, and organizations.

Learn more about CENSUS at census-labs.com.

About the Job / Key Responsibilities

CENSUS’ bespoke cybersecurity services are built upon a talented pool of Security Engineers, whose role extends beyond mere adherence to industry best practices. Our Technical Project Managers play a pivotal role in formulating and executing service delivery strategies that align with the rigorous quality standards set by CENSUS. Drawing from their robust technical background and leveraging their project & stakeholder management skills, TPMs serve as the primary facilitators empowering our clients to effectively maximize the potential of our assessment and advisory teams.

We are looking for talented & ambitious professionals to grow ourProduct Security Professional Services team and join our ongoing mission to deliver in-depth and top-tier cybersecurity services to our valued clients. As part of this role, you will use your technical background - in the Application Security domain - along with your Project Management skills to ensure a successful service delivery to our clients. You will work side-by-side with our clients’ development and security teams & partners, under engagements / projects that involve:

• Working with our clients to understand their requirements and scope, size, & plan the corresponding technical activities to efficiently meet those (consulting, assessments, audits, evaluations, security architecture development, etc.).
• Receiving high-level task & product descriptions and decomposing them to smaller & well-defined technical activities, which are then assigned to the corresponding security engineering & consulting teams.
• Leading project’s technical team within the scope of the engagement.
• Documenting and presenting product security risks in both technical and business-oriented language.
• Conducting technical QA and presenting to both technical and business audiences, the technical team deliverables (findings, technical reports, observations, improvement recommendations, operational methodologies, etc.).
• Building and developing relationships with cross-client teams and partners.
• Owning & driving the continuous improvement of the technical quality of the project team deliverables.
• Ensuring client satisfaction and business growth by communicating lessons learned and key success factors to the business development team.

Minimum Qualifications

• MSc or BSc in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of experience in application security related role. Experience can be an engineering / development position (e.g., consumer or enterprise), an assessment / consultancy role, an equivalent role in other engineering organizations, or a combination of them.
• 2+ years of experience in technical project management in a role related to product or information security.

Key Skills & Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with security concepts, cryptography, and protocols across various Application types (cloud, web, mobile, IoT / Embedded, etc.).
• Experience with reviewing application security architectures & engaged technologies.
• Experience with Mobile (iOS & Android), Cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.) or Web (Frontend & Backend) platforms.
• Experience in reading source code, discerning business logic pitfalls, and identifying security flaws in at least one of the following groups of languages:
  • Mobile-relevant, such as Swift, Obj-C, Kotlin, Java, Dart, and JavaScript.
• Web- and Cloud-relevant, such as Java, Ruby, Rust, Go, Python, PHP, C#, Lua, and JavaScript.
• Experience with application authentication, authorization, identity, and access management methods, such as OAuth, SSO, JWT, PKI / Certificates, Cloud IAM, and Password-less authentication.
• Familiarity with application security features and key management systems backed by secure hardware, such as Mobile Biometric authentication, Keystore / Keychain, TPM / vTPM, HSM and SE.
• Familiarity with product security assessments and S-SDLC processes.
• Experience with managing technical teams.
• Experience with translating complex technical concepts into relevant messages suitable for various audiences (engineering and different tiers of management).
• Experience with stakeholder management for security engineering deliverables.
• Experience working with international teams located in other regions and time zones worldwide.
• Excellent leadership, ownership, problem solving skills, and willingness to learn/grow.
• Proficient in English and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to travel

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