Application Offensive Security Consultant Job at KLM Careers, Jersey City, NJ

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  • KLM Careers
  • Jersey City, NJ

Job Description

Application Offensive Security Consultant

Jersey City, NJ - Hybrid - 3 days a week onsite

Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.

6 month contract- CTH

Please submit local candidates only !

Job Summary

Being a member of the Application Security team, you will be part of the Technology Risk initiative to support offensive security assessments on applications and provide SME guidance to key projects.

The Application Offensive Security Consultant is responsible for providing technical direction and performing security assessment on applications. The person in this role should possess good understanding of application security testing, red team / adversarial engagements, and penetration testing and related development expertise to guide project initiatives to ensure security best practices are being used.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

Perform Offensive Security Testing against applications and APIs.?
Perform application threat hunting to evaluate risk to applications.
Perform manual security testing of applications.
Provide the vulnerability information in the predefined report format after performing the testing using manual methodology and tools
Generate reports on assessment findings and summarizes to facilitate remediation, document technical issues identified during security assessments
Be a subject matter expert and respond to any security engineering questions/ requests related to Application Defense enhancements
Collaborate with Security Architects, Product Manager, Risk Managers, and other teams to deliver high quality product.

Talents needed for Success:

Minimum of 6 years of experience in testing web applications
Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience with App PenTest tools such as Burp Suite and Owasp Zap
Ability to "think outside the box" and manually discover vulnerabilities and weaknesses in OWASP Top 10 without scanning
Understanding of MITRE Framework and adversarial methodologies
Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent experience

Nice to Have:

Offensive security or penetration testing certifications
Certificates of attendance for completing penetration testing & red teaming courses
Passion for participating in Capture the Flags (CTFs) and training (TryHackMe, HackTheBox, etc)
Ability to work under pressure, multitask and be flexible

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: (Companies ATS Questions):

1. Do you have a minimum of 6 years of experience in testing web applications

2. Do you have a minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience with App PenTest tools such as Burp Suite and Owasp Zap

3. Do you have the ability to "think outside the box" and manually discover vulnerabilities and weaknesses in OWASP Top 10 without scanning

4. Do you have understanding of MITRE Framework and adversarial methodologies

5. Do you have a Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent experience

6. Do you have offensive security or penetration testing certifications - preferred

7. Do you have Certificates of attendance for completing penetration testing & red teaming courses - preferred

8. Do you have passion for participating in Capture the Flags (CTFs) and training (TryHackMe, HackTheBox, etc) - preferred

9. Do you have the ability to work under pressure, multitask and be flexible - preferred

10. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder
Employment Type: Contractor
Salary: $ 65.00 Per Hour

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Contract work, For contractors, Local area, Flexible hours, 3 days per week,

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