Application Security Specialist

4 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Buscojobs Full time

The role
As an Application Security Specialist, you will help lead the product security and application security initiatives ensuring that security is integrated into every aspect of the software development lifecycle and deployment processes.
As part of the role, you will also support the cyber assurance function and the delivery of the Cyber Uplift Program of works.
More specifically, you will :
Collaborate with development teams to design secure solutions and embed security throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Provide timely guidance on securing applications, APIs, middleware and development pipelines.
Define and guide secure architecture practices across code repositories and project activities.
Support Shift-Left initiatives by integrating security early in the SDLC.
Manage and coordinate penetration testing activities.
Conduct application security testing, including penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and assessments.
Collaborate with engineering teams to perform secure code reviews for applications and cloud infrastructure.
Assist IT teams in analysing and remediating vulnerabilities, design flaws, and configuration weaknesses.
Support the Cyber Assurance team in delivering application security assurance.
About you
The ideal candidate for the Application Security Specialist role at ASIC is a technically skilled and security-focused professional with a strong background in application and product security.
They will be adept at embedding security throughout the software development lifecycle and supporting broader cyber assurance initiatives.
In addition, you will have :
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, and / or 5+ years of software development experience with demonstrated expertise in application security.
Proven experience securing applications built on modern architectures such as microservices, single-page applications and serverless environments.
Strong knowledge of secure coding practices and mitigation of common vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP Top Ten : SQLi, XSS, CSRF).
Familiarity with security testing frameworks and tools such as OWASP ASVS and Snyk.
Experience securing cloud-based and containerised applications, CI / CD pipelines and APIs.
Skilled in developing threat models and facilitating threat modelling workshops with developers and architects.
Proficient in conducting penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and using tools such as SAST, SCA, DAST and IAST.
Hands-on experience with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g. Java, .NET, Python, JavaScript).
Experience with web technologies such as Node.js, ReactJS, AngularJS and JSON.
Hands-on experience conducting penetration testing of web applications to identify security weaknesses is desirable but not essential.
Click 'apply' to start your application.
Applications will close at 11 : 59pm AEST, Friday 20 June 2025.
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