Cyber Security Manager - Application Security Full-time Job

What will your typical day look like?

As a Cyber Security Manager with a focus on application security at Deloitte, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of cyber security within the organization. In this position, you will assess projects for application security risks, provide recommendations and mitigations, and lead key initiatives to enhance our application security practices. Your role encompasses project management, leadership responsibilities, and the ability to effectively communicate security-related technical details and metrics to leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct and lead team members through application Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) reviews and application security assessments in a hybrid multi-vendor cloud environment.
• Evaluate application architecture for security issues and flaws, including network security, IAM misconfigurations, encryption and key management configurations and cloud configuration issues.
• Provide training and awareness sessions to application development teams, highlighting the benefits of web application layer protection services, and demonstrating exploits of confirmed security vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated security tools into the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline and promote agile security practices adoption.
• Perform comprehensive Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Static Application Security Testing (SAST), and Software Composition Analysis (SCA) to identify vulnerabilities.
• Review security scan results and work closely with the development team to prioritize security vulnerabilities using a risk-based approach.
• Conduct in-depth Infrastructure as Code (IAC) assessments and providing guidance to infrastructure teams on cloud security hardening.
• Assess the effectiveness of Identity and Access Management (IAM) controls, access controls, and user management processes.
• Identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses through application security assessments, code reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability scanning.
• Provide actionable recommendations and guidance to improve the security posture of applications and their supporting technology infrastructure.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and enhance security policies, procedures, and risk management strategies.
• Lead key security initiatives, manage projects, and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Align security efforts with organizational goals and risk management strategies.

About the team

You will be reporting to the Senior Manager of Information Security and representing security as a service function to stakeholders and clients. This role offers high level of cross-team and cross-customer visibility and requires the individual to demonstrate security subject matter expertise and critical thinking along with customer-centric mindset and positive demeanor. 

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Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Security with a minimum of 5 years of industry experience.
• Certifiable competency in cybersecurity topics of security risk management, architecture, and engineering.
• Strong knowledge of application security concepts, secure coding practices, and industry application security standards.
• Proficiency in identifying and remediating common web application vulnerabilities, including OWASP Top 10.
• Understanding of security code issues for various programming languages and technologies.
• Technical competence in complex application environments, containerization, serverless computing, Infrastructure as Code (IAC), and CI/CD technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in using application security testing tools for static and dynamic code analysis, as well as penetration testing.
• Hands-on experience in assessing multi-vendor cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and awareness of their security offerings.
• Experience in secure software development with knowledge of phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to effectively articulate information security issues to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Certifications:

• CISSP, CISM or an equivalent certification demonstrating competence at managerial-level cybersecurity and process knowledge are desired.
• OSCP certification or Security Engineer/Associate/Architect level certification from a leading cloud vendor (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is desired.
• Good-to-have/aspiring for: GWAPT, GCPN or GPCS certification.