Offensive Security Engineer

We need following candidate:

Title: Offensive Security Specialist

Duration: 12+ Months

Remote Work

**** Public trust clearance ****

*** Candidate MUST have either of ONE mentioned certification ***

• Offensive Security Web Expert (OSWE)
• Offensive Security Certified Professional

The Offensive Security Specialist plays a pivotal role in protecting mission-critical web applications, APIs and sensitive data. The objectives are to embed robust security principles throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to build security as a proactive, foundational pillar.

1.2 Scope of Work

The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

Web Application Security

• Identify, analyze, and neutralize critical vulnerabilities, logic flaws, insecure dependencies, and misconfigurations
• Drive the end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle - integrating proactive threat modeling and advanced security assessments, ensuring remediation integrity through rigorous technical validation
• Support integration of security controls into application architectures, APIs, and supporting services, advising on secure design patterns; data protection mechanisms; and secure communication protocols to ensure applications are secure by design and resilient to evolving threats

Monitoring, Logging, Incident Response and Automation

• Obtain, review, and analyze web server and application logs to detect anomalies and indicators of compromise
• Implement automation scripts for threat intelligence integration to optimize alert accuracy and actively support the end-to-end response to web application security events.
• Maintain documentation of findings, remediation steps, and security controls

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure all web applications and cloud infrastructures comply with Federal cybersecurity frameworks, including NIST SP 80053, FISMA, and FedRAMP (as applicable)
• Participate in audits, risk assessments, and security authorization processes

The Contractor shall provide a Offensive Security Specialist who meets the following specific requirements:

• Extensive hands-on experience in secure software development, DevSecOps automation, and vulnerability remediation.
• Proficiency in logs analysis, file integrity monitoring (FIM), and managing web application firewalls (WAF) to defend against emerging threats.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Web Application Security, Application Security Engineering (AppSec) or secure software development life cycle (SSDLC)
• Strong understanding of Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10, secure coding standards, and proactive mitigation of common web vulnerabilities.
• Experience deploying, tuning, and maintaining Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) solutions tailored to custom-developed applications and traffic patterns.
• Strong track record in configuring and managing File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) solutions for web content directories, to detect and alert on unauthorized change.
• Familiar with security testing tools such as Wireshark, SIEM, IDS/IPS, NDR, or EDR
• Evaluates, recommends, and implements security controls for mobile device solutions and mobile-web interface.
• Ability to perform complex risk assessments, analyze cyber threats, and provide remediation guidance for core systems and their dependencies
• Proven ability to implement DevSecOps principles, seamlessly integrating security controls throughout the CI/CD pipeline
• Experience developing security metrics, managing compliance reporting, and auditing systems against established security baselines
• Collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams, and work independently as well as in a team
• Experience providing Tier II support for security operations and recommending continue security enhancements for existing infrastructure.

Preferred

• In-depth experience at Federal cybersecurity frameworks (NIST SP 80053, FISMA, FedRAMP) authorization process
• Proven background in threat modeling, risk assessment, and designing resilient security architecture
• Advanced experience implementing secure DevOps/DevSecOps practices, specifically focus on CI/CD pipeline and automating security gates
• Knowledge of cloud security AWS and container security (Docker, Kubernetes)