Consultant, Application Security

Coalfire Systems

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Consultant, Application Security

About Coalfire

Coalfire is on a mission to make the world a safer place by solving our clients hardest cybersecurity challenges. We work at the cutting edge of technology to advise, assess, automate, and ultimately help companies navigate the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. We are headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices across the U.S. and U.K., and we support clients around the world.

But thats not who we are thats just what we do. We are thought leaders, consultants, and cybersecurity experts, but above all else, we are a team of passionate problem-solvers who are hungry to learn, grow, and make a difference.

The Consultant works closely with Project Managers, Delivery Directors, and other Delivery team members to support engagements by assessing the security of various types of client applications and supporting infrastructure against security best practices. The Consultant brings solid technical skills, contributes to meeting the objectives of engagements, collaborates effectively with clients, and supports teammates across one or more technical domains. The Consultant helps clients understand assessment results and, through objective testing and clear reporting, supports them in making well informed, riskbased decisions to improve their overall security posture.

• Working independently and collaboratively with a team to both lead and support
• Perform penetration testing on applications with complex technology stacks from both a:
  Unauthenticated perspective and Authenticated perspective
• Dynamically flex your skills when assessing emerging or custom technologies.
• Lead complex engagements to provide a technical consistency approach across multiple tests.
• Contextualize vulnerabilities and assess realistic impact to a client accounting for mitigating and aggravating factors.
• Manage priorities and tasks to achieve utilization targets.
• Operate with professionalism both internally and with clients.
• Ensure quality reports and services are delivered efficiently and on time.
• Support sales and business growth by scoping out potential opportunities.
• Maintains strong depth of knowledge in the practice area.
• Collaborate with project managers, quality management, sales and other delivery team members to drive customer satisfaction and meet project deliverables.

• Application penetration testing and assessment tradecraft and methodologies (including browser-based, API)
• Strong working knowledge of at least two programming or scripting languages
• Strong understanding of security principles and industry best practices.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a consulting/professional services role
• Minimum of 3 years experience in Application Security and/or Software Development

Excellent consulting skills including:

• Time management, performing adjacent tasks while ensuring on-time delivery, escalating issues as needed
• Verbal communication, leading client calls for project kickoffs and debrief
• Written communication
• Report writing, for both executive audiences and technical staff
• Expert proficiency in Web Application Penetration Testing

Excellent overall technical skills, with strong expertise in at least one of the following:

• Mobile Application Penetration Testing
• Hardware Penetration Testing
• Cloud Penetration Testing
• AI Penetration Testing
• Secure Code Review
• Thick Application Penetration Testing
• Container Penetration Testing
• Network Active Directory Penetration Testing

• AWAE, OSCP, OSCE, OSEE offensive security certifications
• Significant development and engineering backgrounds
• Cloud Service penetration testing tradecraft and methodologies across multiple service providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, etc.).
• Mobile platform and application penetration testing tradecraft and methodologies across both iOS and Android.
• Red/Purple Team tradecraft and methodologies.
• Social engineering in all its forms.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Certified Security, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator
• Network, Database, System administration experience and certifications

The salary range listed is a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role based on national salary averages. The actual salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, geographic location, training, licensure and certifications and other factors. You may also be eligible to participate in annual incentive, commission, and/or recognition programs.

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