Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
The security analyst will be a member of an experienced Application Security Team responsible for delivering Threat Management security software products that are secure and free of application security vulnerabilities. To fulfill this role we are seeking an ambitious, successful, talented, and passionate security professional to join our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain existing product security requirements.
• Log, and track security defects to completion, offer remediation advice as necessary.
• Implement package updates to resolve vulnerabilities.
• Develop and review compliance test cases.
• Nessus scanning for OS vulnerabilities.
• Reproducing and validating reported vulnerabilities and incident response.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Qualifications / Requirements
• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or 5+ years\xe2\x80\x99 equivalent technology experience
• 2-5 years of demonstrated experience with focus in areas such as systems, network or security
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle, and or agile development lifecycle.
• 
  Desired Skills:
• Strong demonstrated knowledge of web protocols and an in-depth knowledge of Linux/Unix tools and architecture
• Proficiency in Development experience over Linux/UNIX platforms.
• Proficiency in administration aspects of Linux
• Experience in platform-level security mitigations and hardening for Linux.
• Comprehension of algorithms and processes for programmatic automation via scripting or programming languages (Python, Ruby, shell, perl, etc.)
• Well-rounded background in host, network and application security
• Detailed knowledge of standards for authentication and authorization
• Experience in penetration testing and exploitability-focused vulnerability assessment.
• Experience in threat modeling, vulnerability assessment and risk identification.
• Detailed technical knowledge of at least two of: application security, system security, network security, authentication/authorization protocols, or cryptography. Hands-on experience in at least one of the above.
• Understanding of web application architecture and security issues (e.g. OWASP Top Ten/SansTop25).
• Knowledge of the HTTP protocol and client-side programming including HTML, JSP, JavaScript and JSON.
• Experience with security assessment tools and products (e.g. Nessus, Burp Suite, AppScan and WebInspect)
• Familiarity with Java security, J2SE and JAAS
• Experience with web application servers (e.g. Tomcat, Websphere and Oracle)
• Database familiarity and experience using Postgres, MySQL or Oracle a plus
• Cloud computing \xe2\x80\x93 the risks and benefits of using a vendor\xe2\x80\x99s remote servers to store, manage and process an organization\xe2\x80\x99s data
• Location Markham, Ontario

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Certifications - nice to have

• CEH \xe2\x80\x93 Certified Ethical Hacker
• CISSP \xe2\x80\x93 Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• SSCP \xe2\x80\x93 Systems Security Certified Practitioner
• CC \xe2\x80\x93 Certified in Cyber Security
• CCSP \xe2\x80\x93 Cloud Security

About Business Unit IBM\xe2\x80\x99s Cloud and Cognitive software business is committed to bringing the power of IBM\xe2\x80\x99s Cloud and Watson/AI technologies to life for our clients and ecosystem partners around the world. IBM provides you with the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations across hybrid environments\xe2\x80\x94with complete software solutions for business and IT operations, development, data science, security, and management. Our experts and software capabilities help organizations develop applications once and deploy them anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT estate, and automate operations with management visibility. With IBM, you also have access to new skills and methods, governance and management approaches, and a deep ecosystem of industry experts and partners.


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Location Statement Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.


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