Senior Application Security Engineer, PlayStation
$172.1-258.1k
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Job no longer available
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$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
- 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/Information Security/Cyber Security or equivalent
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as social skills including the ability to articulate to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Must have the ability to work both independently as well as collaborate with engineering teams and multi-task effectively
- Strong 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++, Scala etc
- Experience with AWS technologies
- Experience with application security scanning tools such as SAST, SCA and DAST
- Experience with testing tools such as Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Appscan, Responder, Metasploit, PowerSploit, Wireshark, and other solutions
Desirable
- Excellent analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
- Self-driven and capable of assessing areas of responsibility for continuous improvement
- Knowledge of automated attack tools and developing mitigation techniques
- Hacker Mindset and always strives to think like an attacker
- Cloud experience with Azure or Google Cloud Platform
- Technical certifications within information security are a plus (OSCP or other SANS training such as GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN or equivalents)
- Experience with C2 frameworks such as Cobalt Strike, Metasploit or Empire
- Experience with different development methodologies such as Agile, DevOps etc
What the job involves
- You will get the opportunity to be part of our proactive defense team that is focusing on vulnerability management, use-case based penetration testing, working with our bug bounty program and handling security incidents on our services and clients
- Collaborate with engineers, consultants and leadership to address security risks and provide mitigation recommendations within the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Perform validation of security controls to ensure alignment with compliance and industry best practices
- Perform manual security testing of products and services to proactively discover vulnerabilities and track them to resolution with developers
- Working with vulnerabilities identified by our SAST, SCA, DAST tools, from triage to remediation of valid findings with our development organizations
- Investigate and triage vulnerabilities reported from Responsible Disclosure program
- Effectively communicate and work with development teams, guiding them in the remediation of security issues detected in their applications, services and other areas
- 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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