at Capital One in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Locations: VA - McLean, United States of America, McLean, Virginia
AppSec Engineer
About the Job
Do you enjoy seeing the impact your work has on real customers? As a Security Engineer at Capital One, you'll help create, maintain, and improve applications and solutions at massive scale, helping to not only improve the security of applications for millions of people around the world, but also greatly reducing risk for Capital One.
As a member of the Application Security team, you'll be part of the process that contributes to securing, validating and sustaining Capital One products, which millions of customers across the world use on a daily basis. Whether you are validating that our services, applications and websites are designed and implemented to the highest security standards, you will be part of a development ecosystem at Capital One which is unlike any other in our industry.
Capital One Application Security is on the cutting edge of many security issues for a wide variety of platforms and technologies including cloud applications, mobile devices and APIs, all operating at massive scale. Similarly, our highly collaborative team is committed to each team member's growth as our business grows.
The Capital One Application Security team is looking for an Application Security Engineer to help validate that our services, applications and websites are designed and implemented to the highest security standards. You will be responsible for analyzing the security of applications and services, discovering and addressing security issues, building security automation and quickly reacting to new threat scenarios. You will have the opportunity to learn from, and be mentored by, those who are building and securing our cutting-edge applications.
An Application Security Engineer at Capital One is expected to be strong in multiple domains and provide significant contributions to the Capital One Security team. Security engineers are expected to develop solutions and apply appropriate decision making to complex business problems, all while adhering to security engineering best practices.
In addition, an Application Security Engineer must foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted with discordant views. Engineers in this role are expected to participate fully in the planning of the team's work and constantly seek opportunities for process improvements. A successful candidate will need a combination of troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills, as well as the ability to handle a mix of tasks which may include project and software development work. This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in the course of your duties.
Key job responsibilities:
API and web application security reviews
Mobile application security reviews
Projects and research work as needed
Security training and outreach to internal development teams
Security guidance documentation
Security tool development
Security metrics delivery and improvements
Assistance with recruiting activities and administrative work
Basic Qualifications:
High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification
At least 4 years of experience with dynamic application security, web, API or mobile security, secure coding, or software development or a combination of
At least 4 years of experience with security engineering or application security
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
2+ years experience testing APIs, web and mobile applications
2+ years experience with multiple programming languages (Java, Python, Perl, etc.)
The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
New York City (Hybrid... For full info follow application link.
Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; Newark, New Jersey Ordinance 12-1630; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.
