5+ Mobile security Jobs in India

A BIT ABOUT US

Appknox is one of the top Mobile Application security companies recognized by Gartner and G2. A profitable B2B SaaS startup headquartered in Singapore & working from Bengaluru.

The primary goal of Appknox is to help businesses and mobile developers secure their mobile applications with a focus on delivery speed and high-quality security audits.

Appknox has helped secure mobile apps at Fortune 500 companies with Major brands spread across regions like India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, US, and expanding rapidly. We have secured 300+ Enterprises globally.

We are a 40+ incredibly passionate team working to make an impact and help some of the biggest companies globally. We work in a highly collaborative, very fast-paced work environment. If you have what it takes to be part of the team, we are excited, and let’s speak further.

The Opportunity

To join the security team engaging with multiple clients, helping them with end-to-end security audits, also researching new topics and vulnerabilities to be added to the scanner, present research at conferences.

What An Ideal Candidate Would Look Like: 

• Skills - Application Penetration Testing, experience with IoT testing, source code audits.
• Technology Stack: Python
• Responsibilities: Engage with clients for scoping call, perform security audits, and remediation call with clients to patch the issues, research on new technologies/vulnerabilities

Minimum Requirements

• Should have at least 2 years of experience in security or show something that proves experience doesn’t matter
• Must be comfortable with tools like burp suite, 
• Strong Analytical Skills
• Strong grasp of fundamentals of information security
• Strong Grasp of Web and API Pen-Testing
• Self-taught learner willing to read and keep up-to-date on technological changes and how they could be used
• Can accurately define an issue and create detailed Proof-of-concept and write-up of the findings.
• Provide appropriate remediation and mitigations of the identified vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Security assessment of web applications.
• Develop and interpret security standards and guides
• Automation of security test cases
• Understand and explain the results with impact on business and compliance status
• Continuously learning and training on the latest tools and techniques

 Work Expectations

Within 1 month

Training on processes, security workflow

Within 3 months

Pentesting Web, Mobile and API endpoints

Within 6 months

Research and publish whitepapers, contribute to the Appknox Web Scanner

Personality traits we admire:-

• A confident and dynamic working persona, which can bring fun to the team, and a sense of humor, is an added advantage.
• Great attitude to ask questions, learn and suggest process improvements.
• Has attention to detail and helps identify edge cases.
• Highly motivated and coming up with fresh ideas and perspectives to help us move towards our goals faster.
• Follow timelines and have an absolute commitment to deadlines.
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Interview Process - would be team specific

• Round 1 - Profile Evaluation
• Round 2 - Appknox CTF Challenge
• Round 3 -Technical Interview with security team members
• Round 4 - Technical Interview with the CTO and Team Lead
• Round 5 - HR Round

Compensation

•  As per Industry Standards

Why Join Us:-

• Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who enjoys challenging work & pushing your boundaries, then this is the right place for you. We appreciate new ideas & ownership as well as flexibility with working hours.
• Great Salary & Equity: We keep up with the market standards & provide pay packages considering updated standards. Also as Appknox continues to grow, you’ll have a great opportunity to earn more & grow with us. Moreover, we also provide equity options for our top performers.
• Holistic Growth: We foster a culture of continuous learning and take a much more holistic approach to train and develop our assets: the employees. We shall also support you all on that journey of yours.
• Transparency: Being a part of a start-up is an amazing experience, one of the reasons being open communication & transparency at multiple levels. Working with Appknox will allow you to experience it all first-hand.

A BIT ABOUT US

Appknox is one of the top Mobile Application security companies recognized by Gartner and G2. A profitable B2B SaaS startup headquartered in Singapore & working from Bengaluru.

The primary goal of Appknox is to help businesses and mobile developers secure their mobile applications with a focus on delivery speed and high-quality security audits.

Appknox has helped secure mobile apps at Fortune 500 companies with Major brands spread across regions like India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, US, and expanding rapidly. We have secured 300+ Enterprises globally.

We are a 30+ incredibly passionate team working to make an impact and help some of the biggest companies globally. We work in a highly collaborative, very fast-paced work environment. If you have what it takes to be part of the team, we are excited, and let’s speak further.

The Opportunity

To join the security team engaging with multiple clients, helping them with end-to-end security audits, also researching new topics and vulnerabilities to be added to the scanner, present research at conferences.

What An Ideal Candidate Would Look Like: 

• Anyone pursuing their graduation or post-graduation related to IT security 
• Skills - Application Penetration Testing, 
• Knowledge or experience of IoT testing, and source code audits are plus points
• Responsibilities: Engage with clients for scoping call, perform security audits, and remediation call with clients to patch the issues

Minimum Requirements

• Must be comfortable with tools like burp suite, nmap, sqlmap, r2 etc
• Strong Analytical Skills
• Strong grasp of fundamentals of information security
• Strong Grasp of Web, API and mobile Pen-Testing
• Self-taught learner willing to read and keep up-to-date on technological changes and how they could be used
• Can accurately define an issue and create detailed Proof-of-concept and write-up of the findings.
• Provide appropriate remediation and mitigations of the identified vulnerabilities.
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms like AWS or GCP. Security knowledge in this domain is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Security assessment of web and mobile applications.
• Understand and explain the results with impact on business and compliance status
• Continuously learning and training on latest tools and techniques

Personality traits we really admire

• A confident and dynamic working persona, which can bring fun to the team, and a sense of humor, is an added advantage.
• Great attitude to ask questions, learn and suggest process improvements.
• Has attention to details and helps identify edge cases.
• Highly motivated and coming up with fresh ideas and perspectives to help us move towards our goals faster.
• Follow timelines and absolute commitment to deadlines.

Interview Process 

• Round 1 CTF Round - Profile and skill Evaluation
• Round 2 - Technical Interview with security team member
• Round 3 - Technical Interview with the Team Lead
• Round 4 - HR Round

 Why Join Us

• Great Stipend& PPO: We keep up with the market standards & provide stipend/pay packages considering updated standards. Also as Appknox continues to grow, you’ll have a great opportunity to earn more & grow with us. Moreover, we also PPO for our top interns.
• Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who enjoys challenging work & pushing your boundaries, then this is the right place for you. We appreciate new ideas & ownership as well as flexibility with working hours.
• Holistic Growth: We foster a culture of continuous learning and take a much more holistic approach to train and develop our assets: the employees. We shall also support you all on that journey of yours.
• Transparency: Being a part of a start-up is an amazing experience, one of the reasons being open communication & transparency at multiple levels. Working with Appknox will give you the opportunity to experience it all first-hand.

• Solution design documentation, development ownership, mentoring and driving the most comprehensive trade terminal for our super users for the iOS Mobile platform
• Ensuring the team adhere to the best industry technical practices and meet the business objective
• Ensuring responsiveness of the application
• Monitor reliability and performance metrics of the system to provide an impeccable experience to the user
• Co-ordinate with developers, testers and keeps the product manager well informed of the status of the development effort to senior managers
• Mentoring of the team
• Code review of team members and code quality ownership
• Collaborate with team, cross-functional teams to define and design new features
• Work with data sources, APIs, 3rd party SDKs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability and general reliability
• Work on bug identification and fixing
• Troubleshooting and triage of field issues
• Improving application performance
• App management and monitoring on iTunes
• Produce high-quality code and experience with security implementation
• identifying risks implementing security patches procedures
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in mobile development

• B.E., B.Tech., M.C.A. or equivalent technical qualification in Computer Science,
• Engineering or a related subject
• 7 to 10 years of proven software development experience in iOS development
• Experience in mentoring iOS developers
• Must experience with Swift
• Experience with Objective-C is a plus
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON must
• Experience with API integration, Third-party SDKs, Charts, Payment Gateway, Sockets is a plus
• Experience in HLD, LLD designing must
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
• Mobile Application security standards is a plus
• Experience in mobile app architecture, frameworks, design patterns must
• Experience in writing Unit Test cases is a plus
• Experience in performance measurement of application is plus
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Experience in using JIRA, TFS
• Experience of CI/CD pipeline with tools used for Code coverage, code bugs identification, test automation, GIT
• Experience in Firebase Crashlytics, Application Performance must
• Experience in driving scrum team and follow agile practices
• Fundamental knowledge of the BFSI sector is a plus
• Strong communication skills
• Project Estimation & Planning

This profile will include following responsibilities:

- Perform Web Application Security Testing

- Perform Mobile Application Security Testing

- Scan Network for Security Vulnerabilities

- Co-ordinate with the clients for Project related queries

- Undertake meeting with the client teams for discussing security issues and recommendations

- Create detailed security reports

- Keep track of project progress & send regular updates

- Research on Open source security tools & new security topics

• Web Application Security – OWASP Top 10
• Mobile Application Security – Mobile OWASP Top 10
• Threat Modelling
• Risk Rating Frameworks
• Web Traffic Interception (For Web/Mobile apps)
• SSL
• Network Concepts
• Web Development Basics - HTTP/HTML/JavaScript
• Basic Mobile Application Concepts (either Android or IOS)