Cybersecurity Specialist II

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 2U Full time

At 2U, we are committed to unlocking human potential through digital education. Our team of innovators, dreamers, and doers is dedicated to delivering world-class online higher education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world's leading online learning platform, 2U powers over 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are transforming lives through education.

What We're Looking For:

We are seeking an Application Security Expert to join our Application Security team. As a vital member of our global cybersecurity team, you will assist software development teams to uphold and implement Cybersecurity standards and principles throughout 2U's software development programs. This includes discovering and assessing vulnerabilities within 2U's internal and external applications and systems.

Responsibilities Include:

  1. Technical
  • Work with development teams to strengthen and improve overall security within 2U's applications.
  • Identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations and recommend remediations where necessary.
  • Contribute to the secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) and promotion of secure coding practices within engineering teams.
  • Conduct assessments and create reports highlighting risks and vulnerabilities and recommend changes to code, frameworks, or methodologies to avoid and minimize impact.
  • Where warranted, provide support and services to portfolio teams across the business to enable security best practices.
  • Identify required security training for developers and internal security team, where necessary.
Research
  • Be active in the cybersecurity and developer communities and stay informed on current threats, attack techniques, and strategies.
  • Stay abreast of new technologies and tools and how they may pose a threat or benefit the organization.
Personal
  • Continuous learning and constant self-improvement are a must.
  • Open to change and ability to pivot to different priorities and situations.
  • Must be able to work well independently as well as part of a larger team.

Requirements and Qualifications:

  • Skilled in information security best practices with regard to application development.
  • Work, both independently and in cross-disciplinary teams.
  • Possesses a high level of personal organization, persistence, communications, and attention to detail.
  • Experienced in technical and narrative writing.
  • High level of assessment and report writing skills.
  • Effective communication skills through email, messaging applications, and virtual meetings globally.
  • Skilled in developing strategies to deal with potential threats.
  • Knowledge of various software and systems, how they interact with each other and how they interact with outside entities and customers.
  • Skilled in providing mentorship and guidance with regard to application security.
  • 3+ years experience in web and software development.
  • Experienced in securing applications and applying security best practices.
  • Experienced in OWASP 10 and relevant remediations.
  • Experienced in conducting assessments and communicating the results thereof.
  • Experience with multiple software languages and frameworks (PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, HTML, CSS).
  • Experience with ticket and case management systems.
  • Static code analysis tools.
  • Dynamic code analysis tools.
  • Pentesting tools and methodologies.
  • Forensic analysis tools.
  • Reverse engineering tools.
  • On-premise and cloud network architecture.

Benefits & Culture:

We offer comprehensive benefits and excellent work-life balance. Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you're excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference.

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