Senior Application Security Engineer

US Remote

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Box

Box empowers your teams by making it easy to work with people inside and outside your organization, protect your valuable content, and connect all your apps.

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WHAT IS BOX?    Box is the market leader for Cloud Content Management. Our mission is to power how the world works together. Box is partnering with enterprise organizations to accelerate their digital transformation by creating a single platform for secure content management, collaboration and workflow. We have an amazing opportunity to further establish ourselves as leaders in the space, and we need strong advocates to help us achieve that goal.    By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to help capture a majority of this developing market and define what content management looks like for the digital enterprise. Today, Box powers over 97,000 businesses, including 70% of the Fortune 500 who trust Box to manage their content in the cloud.    WHY BOX NEEDS YOU 

Box is looking for a thought leader to lead the way for the expansion of the Application Security program at Box. The mission for the team is to proactively discover, to fix security vulnerabilities and to implement solutions that automate, scale and enhance objectivity.

We’re looking for someone who is just as passionate about automating key areas of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (sSDLC) as they are and partnering with developers to build and fortify our applications. This individual will own security tooling, DevSecOps, application vulnerability management and data-driven program enhancements. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO 
  • Provide thought leadership in the areas of innovative DevSecOps automation, tool optimization, application vulnerability management and strategies for risk reduction
  • Own and propose data-driven enhancement strategies for dynamic (DAST), static (SAST), open source application security testing (SCA) and container security scanning including troubleshooting, and continuous process improvement
  • Propose product feature enhancements to enhance security of our applications
  • Help validate services and applications for best-in-class security standards implementation
  • Test for, replicate and validate security vulnerabilities in applications
WHO YOU ARE 
  • You understand secure engineering best practices, can articulate problem statements and propose solutions to both technically savvy and non-technical audiences
  • You are either a passionate security minded software engineer who has been part of building high quality applications and services, or you are an application security engineer who cares about secure software development
  • You have a growth mindset, push yourself towards excellence and focus on continuous functional improvements
  • You are a curious person who looks at problem statements and can clearly propose actionable solutions
  • You have a passion for cyber security demonstrated through participation/leadership in conferences, webinars, Capture the Flag (CTF), TryHackMe, Bug Bounty, Submission of CVEs and/or personal projects
  • Strong understanding of past, current, and emerging security exploits

Requirements

  • 5+ years previous experience in Application/Product Security or Application Development with a strong focus on secure application development
  • 2+ years experience working in software development
  • Experience with multiple languages such as Java,React, Node JS, PHP, Scala, C and/or Python
  • Understand how to detect and remediate security vulnerabilities in applications
  • Experience with security testing tools and devops integrations
  • Familiar with common build/automation tooling: ex. Jenkins, GIToExperience in application security testing and releasing SaaS software in public clouds
BENEFITS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation. Box strives to respect the dignity and ‎‎independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same ‎‎opportunity to succeed as all other employees. Accommodations are available ‎throughout ‎the application process and an employee’s employment at Box.   HEALTH AND SAFETY   To promote the health and safety of all Boxers and our communities, in order to "Go to Work" at Box in the U.S., you must be Fully Vaccinated or have an approved accommodation. "Go(ing) to Work" at Box is defined as visiting a Box office, facility, or co-working site, visiting or meeting in person with fellow Boxers, Box clients and/or customers, vendors, or partners, engaging in business travel, and or participating in any Box-sponsored and/or related activity where others are present.  If you are fully remote and do not "Go to Work,” the vaccination requirement is not applicable.  "Fully Vaccinated" means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen.  If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, a sincerely-held religious belief or another legally recognized reason, Box will consider requests for an accommodation.    For details on how we protect your information when you apply, please see our Personnel Privacy Notice.   #LI-Remote #LI-MG2

* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰

Tags: Application security Automation C Cloud CTF DAST DevOps DevSecOps Exploits Java Node.js Open Source PHP Privacy Product security Python SaaS SAST Scala Vulnerabilities Vulnerability management

Perks/benefits: Career development Conferences Health care Startup environment

Regions: Remote/Anywhere North America
Country: United States
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