Engineer, Application Security

Engineer - Application SecurityNielsenIQ is maturing its Application Security programs and is recruiting an Application Security Engineer who will be responsible for supporting the rollout of DevSecOps capabilities and practises across all geographies and business units As the Application Security Engineer you will be responsible for integration maintenance and analyses of the tools and technologies used in securing NIQ products application throughout their development You will oversee application security capabilities within a multi-national matrixed environment The application security engineer will have the opportunity to replace the current Static and Dynamic Application Security Tool and advocate for the tech stack used for monitoring This position will involve working closely with development engineering teams business units technical and non-technical stakeholders educating them and driving the adoption and maturity of the NIQ s Product Application Security programs Responsibilities Collaborate within Product Security Engineering and Cybersecurity teams to support delivery of its strategic initiatives Work with engineering teams Developers SREs QAs to ensure that products are secure on delivery and implement provided security capabilities Actively contribute to building and maintaining Product Security team security tools and services including integrations security tools in the CI CD process Report on security key performance indicators KPIs to drive improvements across engineering teams security posture Contribute to Product Security Engineering team security education program and become an advocate within the organization s DevSecOps and application security community of practice Review IaaS PaaS architecture roadmaps for the cloud to and recommend baseline security controls and hardening requirements supporting threat modelling of NIQ s products Qualifications 4 years of experience working in a technical hands-on application security development or DevOps professional environment Working Knowledge of web stack web security and common vulnerabilities e g SQLi XSS beyond Experience deploying containers using CI CD pipeline tools like GitHub Actions Gitlab Pipelines Jenkins and Terraform or Helm Self-starter technology and security hobbyist enthusiast Lifelong learner with endless curiosity Bonus Points if you Have experience building serverless functions in Cloud environments Have knowledge of Cloud Workload Protection Experience using SAST and DAST tools Demonstrated engagement in security conferences training learning associations is highly desired and fully supported Ability to think like a hacker Additional InformationOur Benefits Flexible working environment Volunteer time off LinkedIn Learning Employee-Assistance-Program EAP About NIQNIQ is the world s leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth In 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights-delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms-NIQ delivers the Full Viewxe2x84xa2 NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90 of the world s population For more information visit NIQ comWant to keep up with our latest updatesFollow us on Our commitment to Diversity Equity and InclusionNIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients communities and markets we measure within our own workforce We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce measurement and products We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action-Employer making decisions without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability status age marital status protected veteran status or any other protected class Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center