Senior Cybersecurity Penetration Tester

Job Description:

Job Title – Senior Cybersecurity Penetration Tester

Location: IND

The Purpose of this Role

• Foster a collaborative team-oriented environment across the global sites that results in high quality, consistent and efficient work produced.

• Lead testing efforts on Fidelity's web and mobile applications prior to release to production.

• Replicate the actual techniques and tools used by malicious attackers to model potential external threats.

• Upon completion of the assessment, you will prepare reports and present the results to application owners, developers, and business unit information security teams.

• Analyze test results, draw conclusions from results.

• Consult with operations and software development teams to ensure potential weaknesses are addressed

• Collaborate with other teams within Enterprise Cybersecurity to improve the overall security of Fidelity's applications

• Stay current on security best practices and vulnerabilities

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

The Pre-Release Assessment team forms part of Security Assessment group within Enterprise Cybersecurity (ECS). The goal of the Security Assessment group is to proactively identify and remediate vulnerabilities in Fidelity’s applications and infrastructure. We work very closely with all the key Business Units to ensure that they remain secure while they deliver key projects to advance the firm.

The Expertise you have

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of IT experience

• 2+ years hands-on web application penetration testing / ethical hacking experience

• Preferred: 1+ years of experience in developing Java/J2EE apps

• Preferred: Experience with additional technologies such as mobile, .NET, JavaScript

• Preferred: CWEE, CBBH, Burp Suite Certified Practitioner, eMAPT, OSWE, OSCP, or other industry security certifications

The Skills that are key to this role          

• Ability to demonstrate moderate to sophisticated manual testing experience including all OWASP Top 10

• Intermediate knowledge of application security mechanisms such as authentication and authorization techniques, data validation, and the proper use of encryption

• Technical knowledge of, and the ability to recognize several types of application security vulnerabilities

• Demonstrated experience with common penetration testing and vulnerability assessment tools such as Burp Suite Professional, sqlmap, Qualys, Metasploit, Kali linux and more.

• Intermediate knowledge of a programming or scripting language such as C, C#, Python, Objective C, Java, Javascript, SQL,

• Intermediate knowledge of Web Services technologies such as XML, JSON, SOAP, REST, and AJAX

• Intermediate knowledge of web frameworks, including XML, SOAP, J2EE, JSON and Ajax

• Experience with Enterprise Java or .NET web application frameworks, including Struts and Spring

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as the desire to assist others in solving issues

• Excellent interpersonal skills with a strong interest in the application security domain

• Excellent communication and presentation skills and a proven ability to communicate threats and facilitate progress towards long-term remediation

• Highly motivated with the willingness to take ownership / responsibility for their work and the ability to work alone or as part of a team.

The Value You Deliver

Fidelity provides key financial services to a wide variety of demographics. In many instances we manage our customers' financial future and savings. This is something we take very seriously. Protecting our customers and their data is of paramount importance to us. This role plays a key part in helping to protect the livelihoods of our customers around the world and plays a significant part in preventing real-world cyber-attacks.

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