Remote Junior Security Engineer

Summary

Join our team at Bugcrowd as a Junior Security Engineer and contribute to the security efforts of one of the largest crowdsourced security platforms. As a motivated individual, you will be challenged on a regular basis and work closely with senior security professionals. You will aid in developing security automations, writing maintainable code, and performing penetration tests.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years experience in a similar role or its equivalent
• Familiarity with Pentesting techniques
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10
• Basic knowledge of Incident Response
• Knowledge of threat intelligence
• Ability to understand a vulnerability and work with developers to patch it
• Scripting knowledge of at least one of: Python, JavaScript, Ruby
• Great communicator who is comfortable communicating across multiple teams
• Self motivated and organised - must be able to operate from a calendar and be punctual
• Some cloud experience (AWS preferred)
• Basic understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Ability to figure things out themselves (look at configurations, learn what they mean, and solve problems)
• Has the desire to be self-sufficient and strives towards it
• Basic red team knowledge
• Familiarity with git and pull requests is a must
• Familiarity with a ticketing system / issue tracking system is a must (e.g: Jira)

Responsibilities

• Develop security automations using the programming languages required. They must run in an efficient and lightweight manner
• Ability to write maintainable code
• Security Architecture - Working with developers to uplift the current security controls and architecting solutions
• Risk Management - Assess the risk behind security issues, track core metrics
• Pen Testing / Red Team - Performing penetration tests and red teams of Bugcrowd assets (and vendors)
• Operations / Incident Response - Aid with the process of Incident Response, security operational activities when required