Manual Ethical Hacking is part of the Application Development Security Framework Program within Bank of America’s Cyber Security Assurance Offensive Security group.
Responsible for performing and leading ethical hacking assessments of the bank's technologies, applications, and cyber security controls.
Key responsibilities include leading and performing research, understanding the bank's security policies, and identifying misconfigurations and vulnerabilities.
Develop Proof-of-concepts for exploitation.
Prepare and present detailed technical information for various media including documents, reports, and notifications.
Mentor Junior and Intermediate assessors in technical tradecraft and soft skills.
Respond to security incidents and provide technical assistance to leadership across the Information Security organization.

Requirements

Minimum of 5+ years of professional pentesting, application security or ethical hacking experience, preferably in a large, complex, enterprise environment.
Detailed technical knowledge in at least 5 of the following areas: security engineering, application architecture, authentication and security protocols, application session management, applied cryptography, common communication protocols, mobile frameworks, single sign-on technologies, exploit automation platforms, Web APIs, Cloud environments, LLM security, Mobile application analysis.
Able to manually identify and reproduce findings, discuss remediation concepts, develop PoCs for vulnerabilities, use scripting/coding techniques, proficiently execute common penetration testing tools, triage, and support incidents, and produce high-value findings.
Experience performing manual web application assessments i.e., must be able to simulate OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities without the use of tools.
Experience performing manual code reviews for security relevant issues.
Experience working with DAST and SAST tools to identify vulnerabilities.
Knowledge of network and Web related protocols/technologies (e.g., UNIX/LINUX, TCP/IP, Cookies).
Experience with vulnerability assessment tools and penetration testing techniques.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible.
We provide industry-leading benefits.
Access to paid time off.
Resources and support to our employees.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

ethical hackingpentestingapplication securitysecurity engineeringapplication architectureauthentication protocolsapplied cryptographyexploit automationmanual web application assessmentsmanual code reviews

Soft Skills

mentoringtechnical tradecraftcommunicationresearchproblem-solving