Senior API Developer/ Security Engineer (Vulnerability / Remediation)
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No metadata like Job ID. Remove boilerplate: application instructions, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Content: - Intro: "The position is described below..." that's boilerplate; remove. - "Regular or Temporary: Regular Language Fluency: English (Required) Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)" This is metadata; we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Probably we can include a short paragraph about work shift and language requirement. - "Please review the following job description:" then description. Description paragraphs: "This team uses automated API security tools like Akamai, Salt Security and ReadyAPI tools to identify vulnerabilities in running APIs. This Senior Security Engineer will be experienced with API development and/or API security testing tools such as Akamai, API Security, Salt Security, Traceable, Data Theorem, OWASP ZAP (API extensions), SoapUI, ReadyAPI, or Burp Suite. The team partners with application development, DevSecOps, and technology teams to identify, assess, prioritize, and drive remediation of security vulnerabilities across applications, APIs," Then "Essential Duties And Responsibilities Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time." Then list of duties (each sentence seems a duty). We need to put them in
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Duties:
- Lead the enterprise vulnerability management program for automated API testing, including identification, assessment, prioritization, tracking, and remediation of security vulnerabilities.
- Performs security testing, and penetration testing tasks for assigned platforms and services, using defined methods to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
- Develop risk-based remediation strategies and collaborate with application teams to reduce organizational security exposure
- Reviews relevant security threats, tools, and design options for assigned work, and provides input that supports technical plans and priorities for the job area.
- Perform triage and validation of security findings to reduce false positives and improve remediation effectiveness.
- Design, implement, and maintain automated API security testing capabilities within CI/CD pipelines.
- Implements and updates security baselines, guardrails, and control configurations for systems and applications within the area of responsibility, helping maintain regulatory and policy compliance.
- Shares knowledge and best practices with technical teammates, offering informal guidance and support during code reviews, design discussions, and pairing sessions.
Then "Required Qualifications The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions."
Then list:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
- Deep specialized knowledge in cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
- Proven experience in software development lifecycle security practices.
- Deep knowledge of threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
- Experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.
Then "Preferred Qualifications Working knowledge of industry security frameworks and standards, including:"
List:
- NIST SP 800-228 (API Security Guidance)
- FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) guidelines
- OWASP API Security Top 10
- Financial-grade API (FAPI – OpenID Foundation)
- Strong understanding of API security protocols and frameworks, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Mutual TLS (mTLS), and JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
- Experience within banking or financial services environments
- Proficiency or familiarity with Python scripting
- Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, CEH, or Security+
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
- Experience in financial services, cybersecurity, regulated enterprise environments, or platforms with high audit and control requirements.
- Familiarity with secure tool-calling patterns, API protections, model or prompt change validation, and runtime traceability for AI systems.
- Working knowledge of cloud-native security patterns, telemetry analysis, and deployment gating for modern engineering teams.
- Plans and manages own work to meet defined objectives and milestones, seeking feedback, pursuing self-development, and adjusting approaches to improve quality and effectiveness over time.
Then "General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: ..."
Benefits paragraph: list of benefits: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan. Also vacation, sick days, paid holidays. Possibly pension plan, RSU, deferred compensation.
We need to include Benefits section only if posting actually states them. Yes, they do.
We should not include Pay or Schedule unless stated. There's mention of Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America). That's schedule info. So we could include a Schedule section with that detail. However the instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America). So we can include Schedule section.
But also we have Language Fluency: English (Required) and Regular/Temporary: Regular. Could be included in a short paragraph maybe under About the role? Or we could incorporate into a brief meta paragraph.
We need sections: About the role (maybe a summary), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe combine Required Qualifications), Qualifications (maybe Preferred Qualifications), Skills (maybe not separate), Benefits, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use
for each section. We need to decide which sections to include: About the role (maybe a brief summary from first paragraph). Responsibilities (the duties). Requirements (maybe Required Qualifications). Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications). Benefits. Schedule. We could also include Skills as part of Qualifications but not needed. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details from the posting, but we can format them as lists. We need to ensure we don't omit any substantive info like the list of tools, etc. Let's extract all substantive sentences. First paragraph: "This team uses automated API security tools like Akamai, Salt Security and ReadyAPI tools to identify vulnerabilities in running APIs. This Senior Security Engineer will be experienced with API development and/or API security testing tools such as Akamai, API Security, Salt Security, Traceable, Data Theorem, OWASP ZAP (API extensions), SoapUI, ReadyAPI, or Burp Suite. The team partners with application development, DevSecOps, and technology teams to identify, assess, prioritize, and drive remediation of security vulnerabilities across applications, APIs," Note trailing comma; but we keep. Then duties list as above. Then Required Qualifications list. Then Preferred Qualifications list. Then Benefits paragraph. Then Work Shift and Language Fluency. We also have "Regular or Temporary: Regular". Could be included in a short paragraph. We need to output only HTML fragment, no markdown. Let's craft:
About the role
This team uses automated API security tools like Akamai, Salt Security and ReadyAPI tools to identify vulnerabilities in running APIs. The Senior Security Engineer will be experienced with API development and/or API security testing tools such as Akamai, API Security, Salt Security, Traceable, Data Theorem, OWASP ZAP (API extensions), SoapUI, ReadyAPI, or Burp Suite. The team partners with application development, DevSecOps, and technology teams to identify, assess, prioritize, and drive remediation of security vulnerabilities across applications and APIs. The position is regular full‑time, requires English fluency, and operates on the 1st shift in the United States.
But we need to preserve the exact info: "Regular or Temporary: Regular Language Fluency: English (Required) Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)". We can incorporate. Better to keep as a short paragraph: "Position type: Regular. Language fluency: English (required). Work shift: 1st shift (United States of America).
" Now Responsibilities:Responsibilities
- Lead the enterprise vulnerability management program for automated API testing, including identification, assessment, prioritization, tracking, and remediation of security vulnerabilities.
- Performs security testing, and penetration testing tasks for assigned platforms and services, using defined methods to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
- Develop risk-based remediation strategies and collaborate with application teams to reduce organizational security exposure.
- Reviews relevant security threats, tools, and design options for assigned work, and provides input that supports technical plans and priorities for the job area.
- Perform triage and validation of security findings to reduce false positives and improve remediation effectiveness.
- Design, implement, and maintain automated API security testing capabilities within CI/CD pipelines.
- Implements and updates security baselines, guardrails, and control configurations for systems and applications within the area of responsibility, helping maintain regulatory and policy compliance.
- Shares knowledge and best practices with technical teammates, offering informal guidance and support during code reviews, design discussions, and pairing sessions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
- Deep specialized knowledge in cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
- Proven experience in software development lifecycle security practices.
- Deep knowledge of threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
- Experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.
Qualifications
- Working knowledge of industry security frameworks and standards, including: NIST SP 800-228 (API Security Guidance), FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) guidelines, OWASP API Security Top 10, Financial-grade API (FAPI – OpenID Foundation).
- Strong understanding of API security protocols and frameworks, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Mutual TLS (mTLS), and JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
- Experience within banking or financial services environments.
- Proficiency or familiarity with Python scripting.
- Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, CEH, or Security+.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
- Experience in financial services, cybersecurity, regulated enterprise environments, or platforms with high audit and control requirements.
- Familiarity with secure tool-calling patterns, API protections, model or prompt change validation, and runtime traceability for AI systems.
- Working knowledge of cloud-native security patterns, telemetry analysis, and deployment gating for modern engineering teams.
- Plans and manages own work to meet defined objectives and milestones, seeking feedback, pursuing self-development, and adjusting approaches to improve quality and effectiveness over time.
Benefits
All regular teammates working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan. Teammates receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and full‑time or part‑time status) during their first year, along with 10 sick days (also prorated) and paid holidays. Depending on the position and division