Jr Security Analyst SD
Manassas, VA

Job Description

Responsibilities

* Help development teams strengthen secure coding practices for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. This will be achieved by, for example, enhancing code scanning to detect insecure code, vulnerable embedded open source components, detecting insecure cryptographic primitives and delivering training to software developers.
* Establish security standards and guidelines for secure deployment of enterprise applications in Cloud
* Provide support to IT delivery teams in for security requirement as part of DevSecOps
* Analyze opportunities to enhance our security testing practices, including formalizing misuse case analysis and defining an application level fuzzing approach.
* Provide technical assistance during software design activities.
* Research and assess new threats and security alerts and recommend remedial actions.

Qualifications

* Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; or equivalent work experience.
* At least 2 + years of work experience in IT security.
* Knowledge of secure coding and security testing practices.
* Knowledge of security practices in data encryption at rest and in transit.
* Knowledge of data security from the perspective of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
* Knowledge in Linux, change management and versioning tools such as Git & BitBucket
* Experience in shell scripting (ksh, perl, awk ,sed )
* Ability to self-learn in fast paced technical environment.
* Strong analytical and communication skills.

Location: Manassas, VA