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Senior Security Engineer

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on developing and automating security exploits to enhance vulnerability management. You will work within the security engineering team to improve infrastructure security and validate web application vulnerabilities, ensuring robust protection against potential threats.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in security engineering or offensive security roles.
  • Expertise in cyber threat intelligence, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.
  • Proficiency in Python for scripting and automating exploit chains.
  • Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and web application security flaws.
  • Understanding of the OSI model and core network protocols, including DNS, BGP, and TCP/IP.

Responsibilities

  • Sequence vulnerabilities together to escalate impact.
  • Develop custom exploits and automate complex multi-stage authentication flows.
  • Configure and scale continuous, automated security validation tools to support ongoing vulnerability management.
  • Identify and validate web application vulnerabilities, including OWASP Top 10 issues and API flaws.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication

About the company

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EPAM Systems

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market. Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as a Top 100 Best Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services. Learn more at www.epam.com.

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Job description

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer who is not just a pentester but a developer at heart, capable of orchestrating, scripting, and chaining network and web application exploits so they run autonomously and at scale. Responsibilities Sequence vulnerabilities together to escalate impact, such as pairing low-severity information disclosure with SSRF to achieve Remote Code Execution Develop custom exploits and automate complex multi-stage authentication flows Configure and scale continuous, automated security validation tools to support ongoing vulnerability management Apply knowledge of the OSI model and core network protocols to assess infrastructure security Identify and validate web application vulnerabilities, including OWASP Top 10 issues and API flaws like IDOR Engineer automated exploit scripts that safely validate vulnerabilities without crashing live network infrastructure or corrupting production databases Perform threat modeling to anticipate attack paths and prioritize remediation efforts Leverage cyber threat intelligence to inform exploit development and validation strategies Requirements 3+ years of experience in security engineering or offensive security roles Expertise in cyber threat intelligence, threat modeling, and vulnerability management Proficiency in Python for scripting and automating exploit chains Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and web application security flaws Background in configuring and scaling automated security validation frameworks such as Pentera, Cymulate, Picus, or custom Pentest Robots architectures Understanding of the OSI model and core network protocols, including DNS, BGP, and TCP/IP Showcase of experience engineering exploit scripts that safely validate vulnerabilities in production environments without causing disruption English proficiency at B2 level or higher Nice to have Flexibility to use Bash and Go for scripting and automation tasks Familiarity with Multi-Factor Authentication mechanisms and programmatic handling of TOTP Competency in OAuth protocols for automating authentication flows

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