IACR News item: 03 March 2016
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
Job Posting
Reporting to the Director of Security and Data Sciences, the Engineer is responsible for the following:
- Conduct research on advanced ethical hacking, penetration testing, reverse engineering.
- Conduct assessment on network infrastructure, web and mobile security.
- Assisting in IT security enforcement and enhancement.
- Design secure application testing approaches, integrate quality assurance testings with security functionalities.
- Candidate with strong programming background will also be involved in security tool/signature development.
- Design and implement preventive security controls, application code review and analysis, code scanning and testing tools, web application scanning and penetration tests.
- Manage vendor and service provider on security tools and technologies project engagement and delivery.
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant disciplines with a minimum of 5 years of experience in security assessment. Candidates with less experience will also be considered for the Engineer level.
- Experience in financial industry is preferred but not mandatory.
- Demonstrate wide working knowledge of application security.
- Experience in application development life cycle, application testing and code scanning, with exposure in penetration test, finding exploits, vulnerabilities, unauthorized access, or other malicious activities in computer systems.
- Proficient in English, spoken and written.
- High integrity and professional work practice.
- Appreciation of people and cultures of different countries.
Closing date for applications: 15 March 2016
Contact: charlenechoo (at) astri.org
More information: http://www.astri.org/careers/work-at-astri/jobs/senior-engineerengineer-cyber-security-assessment-multiple-openings-4
Additional news items may be found on the IACR news page.