Application Offensive Security Consultant

Company: Sharp Decisions
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: March 7, 2025

Job Description:

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.

Make your application after reading the following skill and qualification requirements for this position.

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.

Talents needed for Success:



Minimum of 5 years of related experience
Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent experience



Perform Offensive Application Testing against applications and APIs.
Perform manual penetration testing and threat hunting against 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.

Note: Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above**

Talents needed for Success:

Minimum of 6 years of experience in application penetration testing
Red teaming experience
Minimum of 4 years of experience in App PenTest tools such as Burp Suite, Owasp Zap
Ability to explain vulnerabilities and weaknesses in OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 to any audience and discuss effective defensive techniques
Understanding of MITRE Framework and adversarial methodologies
Ability to work under pressure, multitask and be flexible
Certified in OSCP or GWAPT or related offensive security/red teaming certification

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