Senior Application Security Specialist with SAST, DAST, SCA, MAST experience to work with one of our major banking clients- 38358

Senior Application Security Specialist with SAST, DAST, SCA, MAST experience to work with one of our major banking clients- 38358

Location Address: Hybrid - Toronto - 2-4 days onsite (Tuesdays and Thursdays subject to change and can be flexible)

Subject to change: 3-4 days onsite may be required based on business needs

Contract Duration: 6 months (Possibility of extension & conversion to FTE)

Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week

Story Behind the Need

• Business group: Cloud & Platform Engineering - bank’s Application Security Operation team has global accountability and is highly supportive of the Bank’s business, enabling execution of the Bank’s strategies, operations and services, while ensuring that appropriate application security practices are adhered to. Now Application Security Operation is expanding the scope to cover Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP). This function provides core competency in proactively detecting application code flaws and/or bugs while working with the appropriate teams in instituting appropriate controls to mitigate risks, specifically as it pertains to cloud and application vulnerabilities and threats. This candidate will be expected to work closely with the application development groups to integrate AppSec and CNAPP processes and procedures into the software development lifecycle.
• Project: We are seeking a Security Enablement and Engagement Specialist to join our Application Security Operation team. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Application security tools, security controls within CICD pipelines and the release management lifecycle. In addition, you excel at bridging gaps between technical and non-technical teams, enduring secure software releases, driving effective stakeholder communication and fostering continuous education across the organization.
• Two positions: One is for Cyber Risk team, one is for Cloud Acceleration Program

Typical Day in Role:

• Partner with development, engineering, DevOps, application security and application owner teams to ensure seamless integration of Application Security into Release Management processes.
• Contribute to design and implementation of AppSec gating controls to ensure and compliant application releases.
• Align AppSec release practices with the Bank’s strategic goals of establishing a unified global release management framework across organization.
• Conduct gap analysis, research and analyzing current business processes, identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements aligned with security and operational goals
• Collaborate with AppSec engineer and stakeholders to gather and document security requirements for applications and systems.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to embed security requirements early in the software development lifecycle.
• Ensure security controls and testing (e.g., SAST, DAST, SCA) are embedded in the CICD pipelines.
• Develop and maintain AppSec release management reporting for CIOs, providing visibility into security posture.
• Lead communication and training initiatives for CIO and development teams, including the creation of training materials and ongoing engagement across all CIO organizations.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between business units and IT teams, ensuring alignment on goals, timelines and deliverables.
• Conduct gap analysis, research and analyzing current business processes, identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements aligned with security and operational goals.
• Support the training and rollout of security tools such as SAST, DAST, ensuring smooth transition into existing workflow.
• Analyze business and operational data to uncover risk and opportunities for improvement.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between business units and IT teams, ensuring alignment on goals, timelines and deliverables.

Must Have Skills:

1) 10+ years’ relevant working experience in IT (application security, release management etc.)

2) 3 + years’ experience as an application security analyst, with demonstrated experience in security integration, automation of security processes, risk assessment and mitigation

3) 2+ years’ experience practicing application security (SAST, DAST, SCA, MAST) throughout the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), with demonstrated experience in vulnerability assessment, security integration, automation of security processes, risk assessment and mitigation

4) 2+ years’ experience building executive-level reports and dashboard that communicates security posture.

5) 2+ years’ experience designing and delivering training programs (e.g., live sessions, documenting)

Nice-To-Have Skills:

1) 2+ years’ experience with popular CI/CD tools and processes like BitBucket/GitHub, Jfrog Artifactory, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD.

2) Proficiency in tools like Excel, Power BI, or other reporting platforms.

3) Programming and scripting experience (Python preferred)

Education:

Undergrad or equivalent experience - valuing work experience more

CISSP or any security certification is an asset

Best VS. Average Candidate:

Experience delivering successful projects, candidate who has the technical skills and strong communication skills, someone who is adaptable and keen to learn new skills and technology and is a team player, is open to feedback as a learning opportunity; product knowledge is coachable, strong base for AppSec and ideally programming knowledge but would rather have someone who is strong in comms and eager to learn and can coach on some of the more specific technical pieces

Candidate Review & Selection

• 1-2 rounds - remote - Video Conference Call MS Teams

• 1st - HM and one or two Senior Leads - 1 hour - technical interview focusing on Application product/solution integration within the SDLC and vulnerability assessment knowledge and skills