What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Security Auditor position at Stafford Gray?
Senior Full Stack Application Development Security Auditor who is passionate about designing and building secure platforms and applications through Dynamic, Static, and Software Composition Analysis assessments. This position is not a member of the Security Operations Center — rather, it is dedicated to working with software development teams on secure coding practices. The ideal candidate will feel comfortable working with front-end, back-end, and cloud-based application developers.
Partnering with distributed teams, this role helps transform the way systems are built, secured, authorized, and operated for continuous compliance and risk mitigation. The candidate will help lead efforts to implement security patterns and practices with orchestration and automation tools that automate secure configuration, verification, compliance, and authorization of systems and their development — serving as a key contributor to maturing the organization's secure software development practices.
Functional Knowledge:
- Chrome/Firefox/Edge developer tools for inspecting request/response headers
- Experience with Application Security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, ASOC, Container/Cloud) — required
- Experience with Coverity, BlackDuck, SRM, or Fortify — a plus
- HTTP request/response headers for web and RESTful API calls
- Ability to explain in detail any of the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities (Cross-Site Scripting, Injection attacks, SSRF, CSRF, XML entity, etc.)
- API security, JWT, OAuth/OIDC/PKCE
- Web and API replay attacks
- High-level understanding of containers
- Cloud development experience (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5 years of total IT-related experience
- 3 years implementing/utilizing Federal, Industry, and Open-Source Security Guidance and Secure Coding Practices (OWASP Top 10, SANS, CERT, CWE Top 25, Critical Security Controls, Cloud Security Alliance, SafeCode, etc.)
- 3 years with compiled and interpreted languages such as Angular, React, Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, IBM WebSphere, Oracle JBoss, or .NET stacks
- 3 years with networking, infrastructure, secure application development, and security automation (DevSecOps)
- 3 years of hands-on experience building and deploying secure, complex distributed web and mobile applications
- Must be located within 90–100 miles of Dimondale, MI at time of submission (local candidates only — hard requirement)
- Must be able to pass a CJIS background check