Principal Mobile Application Security Engineer

Waracle is looking for a talented Principal Mobile Application Security Engineer to join our ever growing team. You must be proactive and should have a positive attitude towards identifying continuous improvement and supporting change and new ways of working.This role will be pivotal in building, delivering, and driving the security of our mobile platform.

Waracle is an industry leading team delivering digital solutions that transform how we live, work and play. Our growth has been significant and sustained, developing premium grade enterprise software for some of the UK's biggest brands. Recently recognised by Clutch as one of the Top B2B companies in the UK, we are constantly seeking top industry talent to join our team and grow our expertise.

It’s an amazing time to join our team and you’ll be supported by a rapidly growing team of experienced specialists in design research, UX, UI, Scrum, product, data and cyber security, alongside developers specialising in native, hybrid and web technologies.

This position offers remote working within the UK and is open to contractor candidates.

As an experienced Mobile Application Security Engineer you will be building, delivering, and driving the security of mobile platform. You will deliver a security experience which is seamless, quick, progressive and based on industry standards. You’ll relish the challenge of having to solve complex problems and come up with brilliant solutions. You’ll be a strong communicator and able to get ideas across to the team and also be able to build strong relationships with the business and corporate stakeholders.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in ensuring the security of mobile app development, mitigation techniques, threat models

• Experience in mobile penetration/security testing

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of mobile security testing methodology

• A keen interest in keeping up to date with the latest advances in the changes in the mobile operating systems, the tools and APIs such as security libraries. You will be comfortable at evangelising and influencing feature teams in adopting security patterns.

• Background or hands-on knowledge in mobile development

• Good knowledge of DevSecOps tooling and automation frameworks

Desirable skills

• Awareness of new technologies emerging in the security landscape along with a high level understanding of cloud technology

• High understanding of cryptography