Open position: Application Security Assurance (Penetration testing) Associate Director; Location: Tampa Dallas, TX; Job type: Direct hire; Job function: Information Technology

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Application Security Assurance (Penetration testing) Associate Director

Location: Tampa Dallas, TX

Job type: Direct hire

Job function: Information Technology

Industry: Financial Services

Experience level: Mid-senior

Education level: Bachelor’s degree

Work location: Hybrid. DTCC offers a hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

Zip code: 75019

Skills: Application Security, Penetration Testing, Penetration Test, Pen Test, IT Risk, Information Security, Risk Analysis, Vulnerability Testing, Vulnerability Test, Ethical Application Penetration Testing, EAPT, Web Applications, API, API's, APIs, Vulnerabilities, OWASP, OWASP Top 10, SANS, SANS Top 25, C/C++, Java, J2EE, Java/J2EE, Java-Scripts, AJAX, PHP, Visual Studio, AppSec, CISSP, OSCP, GWAPT

Experience required: 8 Years

Relocation assistance: No

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Being a member of Technology Risk Management (TRM) team, the Application Security Assurance Associate Director is responsible for setting strategic direction in the areas of IT Risk and Information Security. Maintains corporate security policies and control standards, acts as a second line of defense via a robust collection of risk and control assessments, reports to leadership and the Board on the status of the IT Risk and Information Security Programs, acts as an operational arm for monitoring threat intelligence, understanding when threats are being targeted against the firm, and responding to potential incidents, and serves as the main interface for Regulatory and Client reviews that focus on IT Risk and Information Security.

The Application Security Assurance program implements a variety of AppSec (Application Security) technologies, controls, tools and processes to ensure delivery teams are able to adhere and align with the Secure System Development Lifecycle to protect DTCC applications from existing and emerging security risks and improve application risk posture.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct application security assessments, risk analysis, vulnerability testing and security reviews across DTCC’s businesses within the bounds of the Processes and DTCC Control Standards.
• Monitor and mitigate risk, escalate as required.
• Perform Ethical Application Penetration Testing (EAPT) on web applications and APIs.
• Provide assistance to the developers in detailing the vulnerabilities reported along with the recommendations for remediation.
• Provide excellent coordination across various teams in DTCC organizations.
• Manage tools, servers and infrastructure supporting the application vulnerabilities testing and analysis program. Work with infrastructure, database and application development team to ensure optimal use of tools.
• Contribute and maintain secure coding best practices & related guidelines.
• Industry research on the latest trends on application security technologies and posture to adopt to detect and report security risks.
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors, and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor\'s degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Certified in CISSP, OSCP or GWAPT
• Serves as a trusted coach or mentor within the organization.
• Communicates openly keeping everyone across the organization informed.
• Ability to explain vulnerabilities and weaknesses in OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 to any audience and discuss effective defensive techniques.
• Programming experience (C/C++, Java/J2EE, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP, Visual Studio etc.) is a plus

 

ABOUT DTCC: With 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance, and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes and bringing increased security, enhanced resilience, and soundness to financial markets. In 2022, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $2.5 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $72 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 17.5 billion messages annually.

 

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