Engineer - Application Cybersecurity

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree required
• STEM
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in related field
• Understanding of OWASP Top 10 and CWE 25; Ability to implement and integrate remediation strategies
• Ability to collaborate with development teams to build secure solutions, communicating risks and bringing consensus to diverse priorities
• Knowledge of common vulnerabilities and attack vectors, ubiquitous encryption technologies and common authentication protocols
• Familiar with application risk assessment, risk categorization, and application security testing tools
• Familiarity with secure network and system design in both cloud and conventional environments, as well as of network and web related protocols
• Ability to work independently and self-motivate
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, interpersonal, collaboration, written and verbal communication skills
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• Experience with any combination of the following\: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security, cloud computing
• Familiar with waterfall and agile development processes and have experience integrating secure development practices into both models
• Experience with multiple programming languages
• Familiar with Secure SDLC frameworks across a large corporation

Connecting People. Uniting the World. There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines! As a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world — with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees — we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly.

We’re on a path toward becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Join our Cybersecurity and Digital Risk (CDR) team to help us also become the leading cyber-safe airline in the industry. United’s CDR team is tasked with keeping our customers’ and employees’ information safe and secure. Our primary mission is to embed cybersecurity into the DNA of United Airlines by reducing business risk through implementation of strong cybersecurity best practices.

United offers a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world and help us keep our airline cyber safe? Apply today!

United's Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

 

Our Values\: At United Airlines, we believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. Our Shared Purpose\: "Connecting people. Uniting the world." drives us to be the best airline for our employees, customers, and everyone we serve, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. Our team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. 

 

With multiple employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities and world-class benefits like health insurance, parental leave, and space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work that will make you feel welcome and accepted. Come join our team and help us make a positive impact on the world.

Key Responsibilities:

The Engineer- Application Cybersecurity helps validate that our services, applications, and websites are designed and implemented in accordance with United’s secure development standards. The engineer works closely with development teams, product teams, and other teams across the organization to integrate security into the product lifecycle from design through deployment.

The engineer will support the enforcement of security requirements, performing application security assessments, and providing developers with remediation guidance and advice.

• Support security architecture design reviews and threat modelling of our products (cloud and on-prem)
• Help research, define and communicate security best practices and standards and ensure products development teams understand them
• Learning & Continuous Improvement
• Improve the accessibility of security through automation, continuous integration pipelines, and other means
• Perform code analysis of applications, manually and using SAST, DAST, and SCA scanning solutions as well as conducting manual vulnerability analysis
• Assist product teams as a technical point of contact as it relates to automation, CI/CD, and remediation guidances here

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes. We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table.