Application Security Junior Analyst/Coordinator

Application Security Junior Analyst/Coordinator

About the job Application Security Junior Analyst/Coordinator

Key purpose:

As a junior analyst, you'll be responsible for the analysis of information security vulnerabilities in web applications and other online services. Your main focus will be on performing penetration testing and vulnerability assessment for our clients' websites. You'll also research potential threats to these sites by analysing publicly available data or scanning the internet for suspicious IP addresses/sites using various tools such as Shodan, HIBP and Nmap.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Knowledge of open source technologies. Advantageous: Snykcancel
• Understand Softward Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Not a very technical role but does need to understand Application Development
• Assisting the Digital Transformation Security team with various projects related to cyber security and compliance
• Supporting the team in their security operations, as well as in improving and innovating cybersecurity processes
• Assisting the Vulnerability Remediation Team and play a role in driving the APPSEC initiative for Africa Zone
• Good understanding of application security from a technical point of view
• Continual cybersecurity process improvement and innovation

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field required
• Three years of work experience as an Application Security Analyst or Software Engineer
• Ability to understand computer systems and the security policies of organizations
• Experience working with cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a plus

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