Technical Penetration Test Security Quality Engineer
San Jose, CA
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Job Description
Primary Responsibities:
This position is for a technical penetration test security Quality Engineer. Automation and API level testing skills are required. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will partner with Software Developers, Product Managers, Information Security and other Quality Engineers to:
- Perform vulnerability assessments and penetration testing/ethical hacking
- Perform, review and analyze security vulnerability data to identify applicability and false positives
- Research and develop testing tools, techniques, and process improvements
- Create risk based security code reviews (static & dynamic)
- Conduct penetration testing in line with Open Web application Security project
- Publish reports and test results in line with scanners and test cases to stakeholders
- Organize and execute regression reviews for applications
- Handhold dev teams for vulnerability remediation with sample code snippets
- Analyze product requirements, create security test plans, and perform code reviews
- Mentor junior engineers to build their skills and contribution levels
- Develop and present educational programs and/or workshops.
- Knowledge of the nature and sources web application and database vulnerabilities, how to identify and exploit them,
- Knowledge of the nature and sources network and host application vulnerabilities
- Vast knowledge in computer security issues, requirements and trends
- Programming experience in Java, C++, Perl, or Python.
- Ability to document and track defects, as well as produce detailed reports using defect tracking tools
- Experience with white-box or gray-box testing
- Familiarity with software development lifecycles (SDLC)
- Knowledge of Quality test techniques
- Working understanding of database concepts
- Agile experience is desired
- Have been working in both Unix and Windows environments
- Team player, able to dealing with conflict, handling ambiguity and a quick learner
Basic Requirement
- BSEE, CS or other relevant technical degree required. 8+ years professional related experience or Master’s Degree and 6+ years, or Doctorate and 4+ years
- CEH, CISSP, GIAC certification preferred

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