Senior Application Security Engineer, PlayStation
$172.1-258.1k
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Posted today
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Posted today
$172.1-258.1k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- Do you want to help bring PlayStation technology to a worldwide audience?
- Are you passionate about securing infrastructure that constantly pushes the boundary of the gaming industry?
- Are you ready to work with innovative technology, forward-thinking engineers, and a passionate security team?
- 5+ years previous experience in Information Security
- 3+ years of penetration testing (or related) experience
- 2+ years experience working within software development
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Security, or equivalent experience
- Superb communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and address technical and non-technical audiences in both written and verbal forms
- Excellent analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving skills
- Good understanding of application security weaknesses for various technologies including web applications, databases, and multi-tier applications
- Ability to review source code and explain mitigation controls within source code for languages including, Java, Go, Python, C/C++, among others
- Ability to write and develop custom or customized testing tools and scripts
- Solid experience with web application testing tools like Burp Suite and OWASP ZAP, or equivalent tools
- Experience with network tools such as Wireshark, netcat, tcpdump, etc
- Experience with application security scanning tools such as SAST, SCA and DAST
- Experience with different development methodologies such as Agile and DevOps
- Experience with automated attack tools and developing mitigation techniques
- Experience with C2 frameworks such as Cobalt Strike, Metasploit or Empire
- Knowledge of cloud services and infrastructure, such as AWS and GCP
What the job involves
- In this position you will join our Product Security team, focusing on penetration testing and handling bug bounty reports from our Responsible Disclosure program
- You will also get the opportunity to address out-of-band vulnerabilities, handle security incidents and work closely with our development teams, helping them remediate security issues
- Collaborate with engineers, consultants and leadership to address security risks and provide mitigation recommendations
- Perform validation of security controls to ensure alignment with compliance and industry standard processes
- Perform manual security testing of products and services to proactively discover vulnerabilities, tracking them to resolution
- Lead security tests from scoping to report, working with developers to address findings
- Work with vulnerabilities identified by scanners, from triage to remediation of valid findings with engineering organizations
- Investigate and triage vulnerabilities reported from external sources
- Determine and recommend remediation guidelines for vulnerabilities to developers and other technical audiences
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at PlayStation
- We're proud to celebrate diversity at PlayStation
- Our Employee Resource groups, including Women@PlayStation, REPRESENT@PlayStation, Wellbeing@PlayStation, and our award-winning LGBTQ+ group, Pride@PlayStation, actively promote inclusion in the workplace and beyond
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