Senior Application Security Engineer...

Job Description

Senior Application Security Engineer

Hybrid From Any UK Hub (London, Swindon, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast)

Salary – Up to £100,000 Depending on experience + Discretionary Bonus + Additional Corporate Benefits Package

The Client: A leading financial services firm requires a senior application security engineer!

The Role:

As a Senior Application Security Engineer here, you'll sit within CTO, assisting a wide range of delivery teams in engineering secure solutions and protecting our member's money and data. As a senior security engineer, you will work cross-functionally to assess risk and help deliver countermeasures that protect our member's data. You will work will engineering teams to create solutions that solve or remediate security problems. This will involve a range of activities, including (but not limited to) threat modelling, selection and configuration of DevSecOps tools, high-level and detailed security designs.

Key Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer who has experience in the design and implementation of secure software. You should possess verifiable experience in:

• Strong technical knowledge - a comprehensive understanding of software engineering principles, system architecture, and contemporary development frameworks.
  
• Threat modeling, as well as the design and implementation of security controls (either in a cloud environment or on-premises).
  
• Familiarity with cryptographic primitives and protocols.
  
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, an understanding of the software development lifecycle, software delivery methodologies, and experience with industry-standard tools and techniques for software delivery in an enterprise context (such as version control, CI/CD pipeline, etc. ).
  
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization, Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Collaborative skills and ingenuity with a demonstrated sense of ownership and motivation.
  
  Background:
  
  
• Financial services, Consulting preferred but not required
  
• Previous experience as a software developer, engineer, designer, etc, is highly desired.
  
  So, if you think that your skills and experience match the requirements for this job, please call to apply directly.