Sunday, September 21, 2014

Application Security Engineer | MailChimp

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Application Security Engineer

MailChimp is looking for an extra-paranoid, detail-oriented Application Security Engineer to join our Operations team. Here’s the opportunity to use your heroic hacking skills to protect our 6 million users and their subscribers from evil-doers. Save the MailChimp universe through vigilant monitoring, relentless pen testing and superb coding solutions! Of course, you should be well-versed on security risks/vulnerabilities, how to test for these risks, and what can be done to remediate any that are found.

Responsibilities

  • Work with development team to review code for possible security risks
  • Promote paranoia and scare your fellow co-workers to ensure system security and to improve server and network efficiency
  • Build internal tools that detect and respond to security issues
  • Spend hours trying to break our app (also known as penetration testing)
  • Review/validate vulnerabilities reported via responsible disclosure program

Requirements

  • A passion for internet security and the desire to share that enthusiasm with others
  • Solid understanding of security tools (BurpSuite, etc) and vulnerability scanners
  • Knowledge of TCP/IP networking, and network services such as DNS, SMTP, DHCP, etc.
  • Code proficiency using one or more of the following languages: PHP, Java, SQL or Python
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

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