
Senior Application Security Engineer
Magnet Forensics
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$125,000 - CA$175,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design, implement, and maintain application security processes and tooling such as SAST, SCA, containers, etc;
- Collaborate with software developers and system administrators to review and improve the security architecture of new and existing applications, systems, and code. Familiarity with threat modelling, design reviews are helpful;
- Conduct regular security assessments, vulnerability scans, and web application scanning. Work with engineering teams on notification, remediation, and patching strategies;
- Monitor security events, analyze logs, and generate reports to identify suspicious activities, potential threats, and security breaches;
- Establish and enforce security policies, standards, and guidelines in alignment with industry best practices, legal requirements, and internal security policies;
- Design, implement, and maintain security infrastructure components in AWS and Azure such as Security Hub, Inspector, Config, Defender for Cloud.
Requirements
- 5+ years as a Security Engineer or in a similar role, demonstrating hands-on experience in implementing, and improving a security program;
- Strong knowledge of security protocols, cryptography, and common security technologies;
- Ability to automate security tasks and integrate with various CI/CD tooling and processes;
- Experienced with one or more scripting languages and reading basic scripts (Python, C#, PowerShell, Bash, or etc.);
- Comfortable with writing pipelines for automation tasks (Jenkins, AzDO, GitLab, GitHub);
- Strong familiarity writing IaC (CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform) with experience in deploying cloud workloads securely in either AWS or Azure and monitoring them for threats;
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to identify and address security vulnerabilities effectively;
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders;
- Degree or diploma in relevant field or equivalent work experience.
Benefits
- Generous time off policies
- Competitive compensation
- Volunteer opportunities
- Reward and recognition programs
- Employee committees & resource groups
- Healthcare and retirement benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
application securitySASTSCAthreat modellingvulnerability scansweb application scanningsecurity protocolscryptographyscripting languagesIaC
Soft skills
problem-solvinganalytical skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skills