Cybersecurity Specialist (API Focus) Contract

The Cybersecurity Specialist (API Focus) is responsible for interfacing with our clients to guide their API security focus areas. This client-facing position will be an integral part of a growing sector in our business. This role is critical in ensuring a strong API security posture for our clients. Strong experience in driving through client engagement and remediation of issues is key to success for this role.  

Responsibilities

• Implement an inventory management with Service Now.

• Manage API security solution.
• Document and manage an on-boarding process for both on-premises and cloud assets.
• Working with the application owner/development teams provide guidance on remediation strategies.
• Create automation tasks using python.
• Review security designs to ensure they comply with security best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Guide the application and technical specialists throughout the application life cycle providing guidance and strategies on what and how their applications, appliances and/or solutions should be secured or mitigated against risk.
• Align cybersecurity objectives with the business needs and objectives.
• Assess threats to the business.
• Apply technical knowledge to protect the Company against cyber threats (e.g., knowledge of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, data loss prevention solutions, endpoint protections, log aggregation technology and other leading-edge security technologies).
• Contribute subject matter expertise on security projects to ensure the timely, on budget, and effective implementation of cyber security improvements that are operationally supported with validation methods in place to measure effectiveness.
• Maintain the AppSec API cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain and track metrics for specific initiatives and projects.
• Create and maintain automation infrastructure.
• Document operationalization of technologies and procedures.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong writing and oral communication skills.
• Excellent teamwork, yet strong individual worker.
• Knowledge of vulnerability remediation strategies for assets and web applications.
• Ability to read and understand reports from vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
• An understanding of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 and how to apply the concepts to a development strategy.
• An understanding of (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), NIST 800-218 and NIST 800-53A.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Understanding of the python programming language.
• Understand API security strategies.
• Able to maintain Azure and AWS environments.

New employees will be required to travel to our offices for onboarding. Occasional travel to collaborate with team may be required.

This position is only eligible to individuals residing in the following states: Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, South Dakota and North Carolina. Applicants not currently residing in one of these states will not be considered.

At the this time, we are not open to partnering with third parties for this position.