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You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives.  Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems.  American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.  And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.  Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

It’s more than protecting systems and data. It’s protecting people. Our Information Security Specialists know that security is a top priority for our business and our partners and customers. Today, as cyber-attacks increase and compliance is more rigorously enforced, we look to them to stay ahead of what’s next and to protect our business and our future.  So if you are dedicated to the latest technology and motivating others, secure your career here. You won’t just see the problem coming, you’ll see the solution. New threats to our business, our partners and customers appear on the horizon every day, so no two days are the same.

But there are some things you can count on doing:

  • Providing guidance on information security processes, controls, and compliance, and information security risk management to team members
  • Encouraging employee contribution, such as feedback, career development planning, and goal setting.
  • Developing plans and strategies for information security tools, processes, and programs
  • Responding to changes in the regulatory environment and assisting other organizations in doing the same.
  • Making strategic recommendations to enhance information security, including processes, procedures, governance approaches, and compliance.

Qualifications:

  • 4+ years of experience in application security, application penetration testing, research, red team, or Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst.
  • Experience with the CI/CD process and tools like Git, Docker, Jenkins, Release pipeline etc. is required.
  • Experience with common penetration testing tools like Metasploit, Kali Linux, BURP Suite, nmap, or sqlmap.
  • 2+ years of object oriented design and full stack development, using languages like Go or Java.
  • 4+ years of experience with dynamic application security testing (DAST) or static application security testing (SAST).
  • 2+ years of experience as an application security lead.
  • At least one current certification GCPN, GWEB, GMOB, GWAT, GPEN, GXPN, GREM, CEH, C|ASE .NET, C|ASE Java, OSCP, OSWA, OSWE

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 4+ years of experience in application security, application penetration testing, research, red team, or Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst.
  • 2+ years of object oriented design and full stack development, using languages like Go, Java., C#, or Python.
  • Strong knowledge of CI/CD process and tools like Git, Docker, Jenkins, Release pipeline etc. is required.
  • Knowledge of offensive security, including common penetration testing tools like Metasploit, Kali Linux, BURP Suite, nmap, or sqlmap.
  • 4+ years of object oriented design and full stack development, using languages like Go or Java. Keen understanding of how to build highly performant systems with such languages.
  • 4+ years of experience with dynamic application security testing (DAST) and static application security testing (SAST).
  • 2+ years of experience as an application security lead.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners.
  • At least two of the certifications GCPN, GWEB, GMOB, GWAT, GPEN, GXPN, GREM, CEH, C|ASE .NET, C|ASE Java, OSCP, OSWA, OSWE, GCLD, GPCS, CCSP, CSSLP

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

  • Competitive base salaries 
  • Bonus incentives 
  • 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
  • Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
  • 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
  • Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
  • Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
  • Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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