Senior Application Security Engineer

United States

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We’re looking for a Senior Application Security Engineer ready to play a key role in our growing security team. In this role, you will work closely with our entire security team and get exposed to all areas within the offensive and defensive security domains.
We’re looking for an individual who’s a subject matter expert within the application security domain. In this role, you will work closely with product engineering teams to define application security standards, perform red team operations across multiple departments and teams, code reviews, support vulnerability triage, provide secure development education and participate in secure design reviews across our platform and product. 
Our clients entrust FloQast with their financial data and as such it is our mission to deliver features that provide resilience, confidence and trust in our platform. We believe in scaling security through software engineering best practices and automation.  You'll play a fundamental role in shaping the future of security at FloQast and your work will have significant impact and visibility.
FloQast is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA and we are seeking US Based REMOTE Engineers.
Visa sponsorship is NOT available at this time.

What you’ll do…

  • Participate in architecture design reviews with senior engineering and product management staff to incorporate effective threat modeling and security standards into product design.

  • Educate and train product engineering teams on security concepts and skills, extending AppSec's reach by deputizing product teams to help themselves.

  • Evaluate and instrument automation and tooling to ensure a security regression within any component of our platform does not occur.

  • Expand our security detection and prevention capabilities throughout the FloQast platform.

  • Conduct red team operations against FloQast customer-facing products, platform, internal environments and teams.

  • Develop security standards, preferred implementation patterns, secure common frameworks, developer documentation and educational materials.

  • Explain and demonstrate vulnerabilities to application/system owners, and provide recommendations for mitigation.

  • Advise senior management on perceived risks and work to determine an acceptable risk appetite while weighing overall business and usability impact.  

  • Stay abreast of new and emerging security technologies and paradigms.

  • Any other projects as assigned to help the Company meet its goals.

We’re looking for someone with...

  • 5+ years of experience with auditing web applications.

  • 3+ years using at least one high level programming language e.g. Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby.

  • Experience utilizing web application security scanning software and penetration testing tools e.g. Burp Suite, ZAP, Nessus, Qualys, Metasploit, CANVAS, Nuclei, Cobalt Strike.

  • Experience and desire conducting security training for developers and the security team.

  • Experience performing threat modeling and secure design review in order to assess the security implications and requirements of new systems and technologies.

  • Experience building or working with distributed multi-tier web server-client architectures.

  • Experience with cloud environments AWS or Azure.

  • Strong foundational understanding of network and application fundamentals and best practices; e.g. HTTP, DNS, VPN, SAML, OAuth, OpenID etc.

  • Strong understanding of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities in web applications, including XSS, SSRF, IDOR, RCE, CSRF vulnerabilities.

  • Working knowledge of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), OWASP Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM), or Building Security in Maturity Model (BSIMM)

  • Experience implementing security practices in automated CI/CD pipelines for application code, infrastructure, and/or serverless is a plus.

  • Strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive.

  • Strong ability to lead cross-team initiatives and communicate proposals and ideas concisely.

Nice to have attributes…

  • Strong experience with AWS and/or Azure.

  • Strong experience with Node.js, Python, React.

  • Experience securing multi-tenant enterprise SaaS products.

  • Knowledge of common compliance frameworks e.g. SOC, SOX, PCI and ISO standards.

  • Security certifications e.g. CISSP, OSCP, OWSP
About FloQast    www.floqast.com
Recognized as a 2020 Technology Fast 500 by Deloitte, FloQast is the leader in accounting workflow automation created by accountants for accountants to work smarter, not harder. The cloud-based, AI-enhanced software is trusted by more than 1,000 accounting teams, including those at Lyft, Twilio, Instacart, Zoom and The Golden State Warriors—and proud to be rated #1 across all user review sites. By automating common accounting workflows and helping to streamline and make them more efficient, FloQast is the place where accounting teams want to work so they can focus on what matters most, even when that’s just going home on time. Whether automating reconciliations, documentation requests or other workflows such as the month-end close, financial reporting or payroll, FloQast enhances the way accounting teams already work to help them work smarter. Learn more at floqast.com.
- What is engineering working on? Our FQ Engineering Blog showcases a number of our recent efforts straight from the engineers working on them. Check it out!- We are fanatics about the success of our customers.  Check us out on G2 Crowd - We are equally fanatic about creating and maintaining a fabulous culture of support and success for all employees.  Check us out on Glassdoor- We are moving quickly and there is a huge upside opportunity in terms of career growth- FloQast offers competitive compensation, stock options, full benefits, and a positive and supportive work environment   - Named among Best Places to Work by LA Business Journal in 2017, 2018 and 2019- Ranked #10 on The SaaS 1000  
FloQast, Inc is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin, or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. We aim to recruit the right people for the jobs we have to offer, and to assess applications on the basis of relevant skills, education, and experience. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and strive to provide a professional and welcoming workplace for all employees.

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Tags: Application security Audits Automation AWS Azure BSIMM Burp Suite CI/CD CISSP Cloud Cobalt Strike Compliance CSRF DNS Java Metasploit Nessus Node.js OpenID OSCP OWASP Pentesting Python Qualys Red team Ruby SaaS SAML SAMM SSRF VPN Vulnerabilities XSS

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Region: North America
Country: United States
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