Telone
Job Description:
Responsible for the protection of business applications from security attacks by developing, inserting, and testing security components that makes applications more secure.
Duties And Responsibilities:
- Performs application security testing as part of the software development process.
- Ensures that there are no security vulnerabilities in a new or updated version of a software application.
- Implements patches and utilizes shielding tools that harden applications, making them less vulnerable to attacks.
- Determines the most dangerous or potent threats to an application and where their applications are most vulnerable.
- Explores threats and ranks them on a severity scale after which they document the countermeasures already in place as well explore new countermeasures that could be developed.
- Encrypts data in an application and its supporting databases as well as file storage systems to avoid attacks from hackers or even genuine users without authorisation.
- Leads and participates on cross-functional teams to represent application security interests from a technical and process perspectives.
- Leads vulnerability assessments and monitoring services across several applications.
- Contributes to the development of security policies and security standards.
- Identifies, exploits, and remediates common application vulnerabilities through use of tools and code review.
- Completes all other related tasks as and when required.
Qualification and Experience:
- A Degree in Computer Science/ Information Systems or equivalent from reputable institutions.
- Certification in Application Security Engineer (CASE); Certification Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP); Certification Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or equivalent is an added advantage.
- Three (3) years hands on experience in Applications Security environment
Closing Date: 21 April 2023