SECURITY CONSULTANT

04-08-2013

SECURITY CONSULTANT

Title: Security Consultant

Position Location:San Francisco, CA

Position Type:Contract or Full-time

Reports to: Managing Consultant

Experience: 3 years +

 

General Responsibilities:

 

As Client engages with clients in the application of our software security improvement methodologies, the Security Consultant joins in the execution and delivery of planned project deliverables and milestones that assist clients in learning, understanding, and applying Client's secure software development methodologies. The Consultant typically has task responsibility within one project and develops the capability to perform tasks within one or more of Client's security practices. The Consultant continuously learns and expands his/her technical competence. Consultants do some work from our headquarters, but often go on site to help customers exterminate the bugs and untangle the flaws that make their systems insecure. Our consultants make themselves and their team indispensable advisors to our customers: they build the relationships that help create and identify follow-on assignments.

 

Roles:

 

    Source Code Analysis

    Software Penetration Testing

    Architecture Security Analysis

    Secure Software Design and Architecture

    Application Reverse Engineering

    Network Security Analysis

    Database Security Analysis

 

Qualifications:

 

    Technical skills:

          Familiarity with software security weakness, vulnerability and secure code review a plus

          Familiarity with software attack and exploitation techniques a plus

          Familiarity with at least one software programming language and framework a plus

    Consulting skills:

          Ability to interface with clients, utilizing consulting and negotiating skills

           Ability to undertake and complete tasks independently, meet schedules and delivery timelines, and to move swiftly from concepts and theory to action

    Team-oriented skills:

           Ability to collaborate with project team members, take direction from the project lead and execute tasks consistently

     Project Management:

          Awareness of end-to-end project management life-cycle including planning, execution and closeout

    Communication:

          Written communication skills for use in preparing formal documentation, Statements of Work, proposals, white papers, and case studies

           Verbal skills that include the ability to clearly articulate thoughts and to deliver presentation and training to all levels of management

          Ability to persuade

    Demeanor:

           Enthusiasm and commitment along with professional interpersonal skills and an entrepreneurial drive

           Willingness to travel

Education and Experience:

 

    BS in CS, Engineering or equivalent. MS preferred.

    Software Experience with C/C++, .NET, Java, multiple OS and RDBMS

    Experience with other languages (e.g. JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl, COBOL, SQL, or Assembly) (Desired)

    Experience conducting secure code review a plus

    Experience conducting reverse engineering a plus

     Experience performing web application penetration testing a plus

    Government consulting experience a plus

     Experience in Certification and Accreditation a plus

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