Sr. Application Security Engineer
About the role
Where Ambition Meets Innovation Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals. Job Overview: As a member of the Information Security team, the Sr. Application Security Engineer will be responsible for helping to develop, mature, and sustain the Application Security program for the company. Application Security is a top area of focus at LPL. We have incorporated key industry security best practices, technologies and integrated processes to further strengthen our defense posture. This is an exciting time to join the Information Security Vulnerability Management team as we are continuing to expand the Application Security program.
LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace, LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com. At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.
Responsibilities
- Perform as an application security SME in the following areas: Web Applications, Mobile Applications, Databases, APIs, Containers and other domains.
- Support and maintain application security testing platforms and develop integrations with automation platforms
- Work with Application Development teams to review potential false-positive scan results and evaluate proposed mitigating factors
- Produce and track application security metrics
- Support the secure development and testing of critical Advisor and Investor LPL applications
- Mentor and educate product development and quality engineers on secure development and security best practices
- Monitor and review CVEs, industry developments, and provide inputs for continuous improvement
- Work with Internal Audit, IT Governance, IT Compliance and other key stakeholder groups on specific projects
Requirements
- 5+ years of application security experience
- 5+ years of experience performing manual testing of APIs and web applications to identify/validate vulnerabilities.
- 5+ years of experience developing and maintaining enterprise security libraries, components, best practices checklists.
- 5+ years of experience performing application security risk evaluation, partnering with key stakeholders to further enhance application security CI/CD pipeline and continually assess security posture for improvement.
- 5+ years of experience creating and maintaining scan profiles for performing static, authenticated dynamic, IAST, and 3rd party library automated analysis with application scanning tools
- 5+ years of experience with reviewing and analyzing vulnerability scan results and tracking closure of vulnerabilities
Please note: This position does not offer work authorization sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have valid U.S