Security Software Engineer - API Consultant

Job Title - Security Software Engineer - API ConsultantJob Location - Remote.Duration: 6+ monthsJob Description - Security Engineer focused on API Security and Runtime DefenseMinimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technology field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.• 8+ years of engineering or other IT/Security work experience relevant to the position.• Five or more years of interdisciplinary experience in 4 or more of the following:• Access Control Systems, Application Security, Application SDLC, Operating Systems, Cryptographic Controls, API Security, API Scanning, Experience with secure development tooling, and Networking.• Excellent communications skills as well as the ability to build effective relationships with business leaders and stakeholders. Ability to manage multiple, diverse tasks simultaneously and effectively prioritize work; strong organizational skills in a results-oriented environment.• Willingness to work in a highly-collaborative environment.• Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.• Solid understanding of IT security best practices.• Skilled in designing, implementing, and supporting complex technical solutions. Ability to troubleshoot complex operational issues.• Extensive experience designing, developing, and implementing serverless solutions within AWS.• Extensive development experience with different API capabilities.• Experience with development/engineering of API runtime defense and scanning tools• Experience in building and deploying CI/CD pipelines.• Familiarity with OWASP• Previous experience automating security controls within CI/CD pipelines a plus.• Previous microservice development a plus.• Previous experience in application vulnerability remediation a plus.Essential Duties And Responsibilities• Provides expert technical insight and industry perspective in the creation, delivery, and integration of complex and comprehensive security solutions for securing APIs.• Acts as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent.• Viewed as an Information Security expert and critical technical resources across multiple technical areas and business segments.• Partners with other groups to ensure solid, cross-functional decisions are made as a team.• Maintains and demonstrates a strong understanding of enterprise systems, policies, standards, regulatory requirements, and business drivers.• Represents Information Security at enterprise review meetings (ITAC, NPI Reviews, Production Readiness, etc.).• Adheres to and promotes compliance to Information Security policies, standards and best practices.• Leads process improvement and risk mitigation initiatives.• This position will perform the following functions:• API Security• API runtime engineering (Akamai, Neosec, Noname)• Testing• API Architecture• API Design and Lifecycle management• Work with other dev teams to integrate new security-focused API initatives and provide support to IT Teams through API integrations.• Provide clear and concise documentation on delivered code as well as customer onboarding and support documentation.• Work collaboratively in an agile environment.