Job Opportunity - cesppa.com
Who we are:
CESPPA is a crowdsourced security platform that protects companies’ web and mobile applications by leveraging the skills of ~1,500 security researchers. The company was founded in 2018 by repeat entrepreneurs with extensive experience in the enterprise security field. CESPPA is growing rapidly, and is headquartered in Culver City. We maintain a high level of quality in our work, commit to operate with integrity with our customers, and aspire to build a business aligned with our vision to secure the internet.
The Role:
As a Security Analyst with CESPPA, you will be working in an external facing role, serving as the primary contact with our community of security researchers. Your primary responsibilities include engaging with security researchers about customers’ programs and validating the vulnerabilities they submit to us. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include leveraging your technical skills to reproduce and validate security findings, assigning severity levels to submitted security vulnerabilities, and determining the potential impact of each vulnerability. You will become part of the worldwide community of security researchers. This is a high-visibility, highly-collaborative role in a small but rapidly growing team. This role is based at our headquarters in Culver City.
Responsibilities:
Triage and validate inbound security vulnerabilities submitted by our security researchers
Act as primary point of contact for CESPPA with security researchers
Collaborate with Account Managers and other CESPPA team members to deliver effective program vulnerability findings to customers
Onboard new researchers to our customers’ programs
Qualifications for the Role:
1-2 years of external-facing career experience, preferably in an IT security field
Excellent technical knowledge related to web application security and OWASP Top 10
Strong knowledge of Burp Suite or other MiTM tools
Strong understanding of HTTP Request Headers
CS degree or equivalent is highly preferred, but not required
Comfort in a fast-paced startup environment
Ability to task switch rapidly, and operate with a high level of autonomy.
CESPPA’s vision is to “secure the Internet”. If you’re interested in joining our team, please submit your resume and cover letter to ted@cesppa.com.