Application Security Operation Specialist, Global Information Security, Sydney, Australia

Job Description:

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• Job Description:
• This job is responsible for ensuring continuity of the global operational coverage, and supporting end-to-end strategic technology enablement for our application security assessment and scanning program.

This role is part of a global team of operations specialists supporting follow-the-sun coverage for the Bank’s application security testing and scanning activities This role supports continuous improvement in scanning capabilities, false positive identification, and vulnerability verification requiring cross-organization collaboration to drive enterprise security solutions.

Responsibilities:

• •Execute automated and custom scan routines to detect application and source code vulnerabilities.
• •Operational support of new frontier AI models and related testing harnesses.
• •Support for identifying, triaging, resolving events and results, including false positive results, and verifications and finding closure in collaboration with other partners, including Enterprise Remediation Governance.
• •Participate in incident response activities and contribute pertinent information to maximize collaboration with control owners and remediation teams.
• •Support application teams in their understanding and resolution of security findings.
• •Participate in development and implementation of the technology strategy.
• •Conduct proof-of-concept testing for next-gen scanning technologies.
• •Optimize and ensure resiliency of scanning platforms, including operational process improvement.
• •Identify and map vulnerability detection gaps to appropriate technology solutions.
• •Data/trend analysis to feed harness development and vulnerability management lessons learned.

Required Skills:

3 + years experience in driving and/or supporting tool integration with workflow platforms (e.g., ServiceNow).

Strong understanding of vulnerability management concepts and terminology.

• •Excellent prioritization, communication, and mentoring skills.
• •Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) and practical experience in Windows and UNIX environment.
• •Experience in driving and/or supporting development of application security AI harnesses related project.

Desired Skills:

BS/MS in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field.

Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, cloud-based scanning, and compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, FFIEC).

Experience with vulnerability rating methodologies.

• •Hands-on experience with AI-assisted vulnerability identification activities.
• •Familiarity with structed scan outputs and security data formats, such as SARIF.