Manual Ethical Hacker

Bank of America•Denver, CO

12d•$117,000 - $147,200

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us! Job Description: Manual Ethical Hacking is part of the Application Development Security Framework Program within Bank of America’s Cyber Security Assurance Offensive Security group. The program provides services to assess the vulnerability of the bank’s applications to malicious hacking activity. This intermediate technical role is responsible for performing application security assessments of the bank's technologies, applications, and cyber security controls while adapting testing methods to evolving and emerging threats. Key responsibilities include performing research, understanding the bank’s security policies, working with the appropriate partners to complete assessments and simulations, identifying misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, and reporting on associated risk. These individuals partner closely with security partners, CIO clients and multiples lines of business.

Requirements

Minimum of 4 years of professional pentesting, application security or ethical hacking experience, preferably in a large, complex, enterprise environment
Detailed technical knowledge in at least 3 of the following areas: security engineering; application architecture; authentication and security protocols; application session management; applied cryptography; common communication protocols; mobile frameworks; single sign-on technologies; exploit automation platforms; RESTful web services SQL injection/XSS attack without the use of tools
Experience performing manual code reviews for security relevant issues
Experience working with SAST tools to identify vulnerabilities
Able to manually identify and reproduce findings, discuss remediation concepts, develop PoCs for vulnerabilities, use scripting/coding techniques, proficiently execute common penetration testing tools, triage, and support incidents, and produce high value findings
Experience performing manual web application assessments i.e., must be able to simulate a
Knowledge of network and Web related protocols/technologies (e.g., UNIX/LINUX, TCP/IP, Cookies)
Experience with vulnerability assessment tools and penetration testing techniques
Solid programming/debugging skills
Experience of using a variety of tools, included, but not limited to, IBM AppScan, Burp and SQL Map
Threat Analysis
Innovative Thinking
Technology Systems Assessment
Technical Documentation
Advisory

Nice To Haves

CISSP, CEH, OSCP, OSWE, GPEN, PenTest+ or similar
Strong programming/scripting skills

Responsibilities

Perform assigned analysis of internal and external threats on information systems and predict future threat behavior
Incorporate threat actors' tactics, techniques, and procedures into offensive security testing
Perform assessments of the security, effectiveness, and practicality of multiple technology systems
Leverage innovative thinking to help solve problems or introduce new ideas to processes or products applicable to offensive security.
Prepare and present detailed technical information for various media including documents, reports, and notifications
Provide clear and practical advice regarding managed risks
Learn and develop advanced technical and leadership skills, Mentor Junior assessors in technical tradecraft and soft skills

Benefits

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
This role is currently benefits eligible.
We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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