Application Security Engineer

Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm investigate ideas outside of your role and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
– Develop configure and maintain application security solutions tailored to client needs including both solutions integrated in the CI/CD pipeline and solutions operating independently (eg DAST scanner). – Perform application security assessments on a regular and ad hoc basis in order to maintain awareness of the clients risk posture and drive vulnerability remediation. – Provide subject matter expertise to client leadership developers SOC personnel and other stakeholders concerning application security including expert advice and recommendations for improving security posture mitigating vulnerabilities and adhering to security standards – Maintain awareness of DevSecOps best practices and drive their implementation across the client environment. – Assist with incident response

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
– Minimum 5 years of experience performing application security assessment and developing application security solutions
– Minimum 3 years experience with federal security practices and standards
– Strong understanding of DevSecOps and experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipeline.
– CISSP CEH or equivalent certifications
– Ability to analyze complex security issues and provide appropriate solutions or recommendations.
– Strong communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
– Experience working with FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) compliance standards.
– Familiarity with NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) guidelines including NIST SP 800-53 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF).
– Knowledge of other security frameworks such as CIS Controls or ISO 27001.
– Previous experience working with Federal clients in a cloud-hosted environment.