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Application Security Engineer

  • Location:

    Scotland

  • Sector:

    Cyber Security

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £90,000

  • Contact:

    Michael Aspinall

  • Contact email:

    mike@rutherfordsearch.com

  • Contact phone:

    020 3778 1437

  • Job ref:

    ASM11616

  • Published:

    over 1 year ago

  • Expiry date:

    2022-09-03

​Our Client

Our client, a leading technology company, is seeking an Application Security Specialist to join their team in Scotland on a remote basis.

The successful candidate will report to the Director of Information Security and provide expertise to various teams within the business.

Main Duties

Key responsibilities for this position will include, but are not limited to:

  • Embed application security into the software delivery lifecycle

  • Lead and facilitate reviews and threat modeling

  • Deliver developer security training in secure coding techniques

  • Develop automated security testing and implement regular vulnerability analysis and audits

  • Perform secure code reviews

  • Develop functional security testing scripts and identify vulnerabilities and information security risks

  • Align products & policies with industry security standards

  • Advise on third-party product security compliance and suitability

This is a great opportunity for an individual with experience of web and application security. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of security tools, coding methodologies and a good understanding of cryptography and TLS certificate lifecycle management. Candidates will show an understanding of network and web-related protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, and up-to-date knowledge of industry standards.

Salary for this role: £90,000 + fully remote working.

Travel and accommodation will be paid to visit client sites should the candidate ever need to attend.

For more information about this position, please get in touch with Michael Aspinall.

Email: mike@rutherfordsearch.com

Phone: 020 3778 1437

Reference Code: 11616

About Rutherford

Rutherford is a boutique search firm located in London. Our consultants are the executive specialists in compliance, financial crime, legal and cyber security recruitment, all within the financial and professional services sectors in the United Kingdom and New York. We use our carefully curated relationships, networks and market knowledge to find the best fit for the clients in hand. We work with a wide range of clients, spanning from advisors, management consultants, corporate and commercial banks, brokers, exchanges, MTFs and financial tech, through to global investment managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, investment banks and technology firms. We began as a compliance recruitment firm in London and expanded to offer new resourcing expertise across legal and cyber recruitment. We have been a leading legal and compliance search agency in London for a decade and are excited about bringing our expanded offering into the technology area.