Security Engineer-S459D
Manassas, VA

Job Description

SyApps is a Technology and Management Consulting Services firm based in Greater Washington area, with focus on solutions in the area of Strategy, Process, Technology and Management support. As a diverse end-to end IT and Management solution Provider, SyApps offers a range of expertise aimed at helping customers re-engineer and re-invent their business to compete successfully in an ever-changing marketplace.

Please visit us at www.syapps.com.

Description

We are seeking a Cyber Security experts in Application, Cloud hosting, Network and Middleware Technology who can lead evaluation of security products that help strengthen our security posture further.

Responsibilities include:

Lead exploration and technical experimentation of emerging security technologies in areas such as networks, systems, middleware and applications hosted on-premises and cloud.

Drive technical POCs working with external parties/vendors, internal application and business/security experts to demonstrate usage of application security technologies in addressing identified security gaps/improvements.

Research industry best practices/emerging technologies and create presentations to share the workings and suggest business relevant application usage to leverage selected technologies

Create presentations to share with stakeholders/management the underlying application security and instrumentation technologies and their workings.

Be a team player and have good communication skills

Skills/Requirements:

Great awareness of cybersecurity trends and hacking techniques

Experienced in working with mission critical networks and application with a keen understanding of underling security concerns

Experience working with End point protection technologies for applications hosted on-premises and on-cloud

Perform vulnerability testing, risk analyses and security assessments

Experience working with Security Event Detection and Response technologies

Being able to work autonomously

Hands on coding experience in different languages like Java, Python, JavaScript etc Capable of developing application quickly to complete the proof of concept.

Good knowledge on various protocols used in web applications like OAuth, JWT, OpenId, TLS, Rest API, HTTPS..

Education

* University degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Experience

* At least 10 years of IT solution building in the industry and 5+ years working experience with cyber security products.

Travel: No

Location: Manassas, VA

Tax Term: Contract

SyApps LLC is a Winner of the SmartCEO/Grant Thornton Future 50 Award for being recognized as one of 50 fastest growing companies in the Greater Washington Area.