Lead Software Engineer (DevOps Expert)
Responsibilities
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1. Vulnerability Identification & Assessment
- Perform vulnerability scanning
- Analyze and validate vulnerabilities in the context of application architecture, APIs, integrations, OS configurations, and middleware.
- Evaluate CVSS scores, exploitability, and real‑world applicability to the application.
- Prioritize application and server vulnerabilities based on ITRM policies, business criticality, and threat intelligence.
- Act as the primary security owner for the application.
- Review application code, APIs, and data flows to identify security weaknesses.
- Enforce best practices aligned with OWASP Top 10, SANS CWE Top 25, and secure coding standards.
- Work with developers to ensure security defects are remediated as part of the SDLC.
- Own the lifecycle of patching for OS, middleware, DB components, app servers, and supporting infrastructure.
- Collaborate with infra/ops teams to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant patch deployments.
- Maintain and track patch compliance against internal ITRM standards and external regulatory requirements.
- Validate patches in lower environments, assess compatibility with the application, and plan patch windows to reduce downtime.
- Ensure all missing patches—critical, high, and medium—are remediated within SLA.
- Ensure the application meets internal IT Risk Management (ITRM) and audit expectations.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation, including risk exceptions, evidence, and remediation plans.
- Track SLA adherence for vulnerability closure (e.g., Critical < X days, High < Y days).
- Support internal and external audits, providing artifacts and technical justifications.
- Identify and document risk exceptions where remediation is not feasible.
- Interpret vulnerability findings and provide actionable remediation guidance to engineering and infra teams.
- Facilitate triage meetings with developers, infrastructure, and DevOps teams.
- Validate implemented fixes and ensure vulnerabilities are fully resolved.
- Track and escalate overdue vulnerabilities and patch failures.
- Partner with SOC/SIEM teams to enhance monitoring of application/server security events.
- Contribute to threat modeling, baseline security controls, and hardening guides.
- Drive continuous improvement in vulnerability management processes, automation, and tooling.
- Recommend security improvements to server configurations, network controls, and application design.
- Participate in security incident investigations impacting the application or servers.
- Provide root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring vulnerability or patching failures.
- Recommend long-term fixes to eliminate systemic issues.
- Strong knowledge in:
- Vulnerability scanning
- Patch management
- Middleware patching (WebLogic, Tomcat, IIS, Apache, Nginx)
- API & application security
- Secure configuration/hardening (CIS Benchmarks, STIG)
- Understanding of:
- Secure SDLC
- Identity & access (OAuth2, JWT, SSO)
- Encryption, certificates, network security, firewalls
- Ability to interpret:
- CVSS scores
- CIS controls
- Compliance frameworks (PCI‑DSS, GDPR, ISO 27001)
Profile required
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Soft Skills
- Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication between security, dev, and infra teams.
- Ability to drive remediation across multiple stakeholders.
- Detail‑oriented with strong risk judgement.
Why join us
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