Associate -Cyber Ops & Assurance

About the position At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express. How will you make an impact in this role? Providing guidance on application security processes, controls, and compliance, and information security risk management to team members Developing plans and strategies for application security tools, processes, and programs Responding to changes in the regulatory environment and assisting other organizations in doing the same. Making strategic recommendations to enhance application security, including processes, procedures, governance approaches, and compliance. Responsible for producing application security processes flow for various controls related to the application security domain (e.g., operational process and documentation) Identify technical problems and facilitate resolution of complex risk. Consulted on application security functional flows for various controls related to the application security domain. Responsible for the delivery of roadmap work items assigned or assigned metrics/thresholds. Consulted as an application security domain subject matter expert as required by ASM processes or procedures. Consulted as required on enhancing existing ASM capabilities. Accountable for dispositioning findings as vulnerabilities for introduction into EVM or suppressing them as false positives. Responsible for drafting responses to Audit/Regulatory queries as required by ASM processes, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Providing guidance on application security processes, controls, and compliance, and information security risk management to team members
• Developing plans and strategies for application security tools, processes, and programs
• Responding to changes in the regulatory environment and assisting other organizations in doing the same.
• Making strategic recommendations to enhance application security, including processes, procedures, governance approaches, and compliance.
• Responsible for producing application security processes flow for various controls related to the application security domain (e.g., operational process and documentation)
• Identify technical problems and facilitate resolution of complex risk.
• Consulted on application security functional flows for various controls related to the application security domain.
• Responsible for the delivery of roadmap work items assigned or assigned metrics/thresholds.
• Consulted as an application security domain subject matter expert as required by ASM processes or procedures.
• Consulted as required on enhancing existing ASM capabilities.
• Accountable for dispositioning findings as vulnerabilities for introduction into EVM or suppressing them as false positives.
• Responsible for drafting responses to Audit/Regulatory queries as required by ASM processes, and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, and/or comparable experience
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance and security standards
• Knowledge of Identity & Access Management
• Knowledge of Security Architecture Management
• Knowledge of Security Governance and Operations
• Knowledge of Security Testing & Remediation
• Knowledge of Cloud Security Management
• Knowledge of Data Privacy & Protection (DPP, GDPR)
• Experience in cybersecurity operations, application security, security research, penetration testing, information security
• Exposure to Technical Writing and Documentation Development
• Experience with network security, understanding network security principles, including firewalls, VPNs, and network segmentation
• Understanding of basic incident response concepts
• Experience with application security scanning tools SCA/SAST, IAST/RASP, MAST, DAST, others (e.g., Sonatype/XRAY, Qualys, Rapid7) and basic remediation steps
• Understanding of cybersecurity best practices
• Exposure to Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
• Experience with the CI/CD process and tools like Git, Docker, Jenkins, Release pipeline etc. is required.
• At least one current certification application security relevant certification GCPN, GWEB, GMOB, GWAT, GPEN, CEH, C|ASE .NET, C|ASE Java, OSCP

Nice-to-haves

• 2+ years of experience in application security, application penetration testing, research, red team, or security operations center (SOC) analyst.
• 2+ years of object-oriented design and full stack development, using languages like Go, Java., C#, or Python.
• Knowledge of CI/CD process and tools like Git, Docker, Jenkins, Release pipeline etc. is required.
• Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners.
• At least two of the certifications GCPN, GWEB, GMOB, GWAT, GPEN, CEH, C|ASE .NET, C|ASE Java, OSCP

Benefits

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

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