Application Security Engineer

Job Summary

Rockstar is on the lookout for a passionate Application Security Engineer who possess a passion for diving into complex software designs to identify security flaws and vulnerabilities.

This is a full-time, permanent and in-office position based in Rockstar s unique game development studio in the heart of Dundee, Scotland.

Responsibilities

• Track trends in the security community and stay abreast of emerging threats.
• Provide technical security guidance to developers, team leads and producers.
• Create and maintain threat models of applications and features to systematically understand how they can be attacked to prioritize control development.
• Conduct automated and manual security assessments of applications and services.
• Drive remediation efforts behind internally and publicly identified vulnerabilities.
• Support maintaining Rockstar Games public and private bug bounty programs.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience working in a professional, academic or research environment identifying and remediating security bugs/flaws.
• Strong knowledge of the principles and techniques for both manual and automated application security assessments of desktop and web applications.
• Good knowledge of common web security vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10), attack techniques and remediation tactics/strategies.
• Good understanding of common low-level vulnerabilities (e.g. use-after-free and buffer overflows)and common mitigations.
• Good understanding of networking and web technologies (e.g. WebSockets, HTTPS, TCP/IP, UDP) and security controls relevant to them.
• Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems fundamentals.
• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and working knowledge of components to secure the SLDC.
• Practical experience with client network traffic testing tools and techniques e.g., Burp Suite, Fiddler and Bruno.
• Practical experience with thick client testing tools and techniques e.g., Procmon, Strings2, Dependencies.
• Proficiency in C#.
• Excellent communication skills.

Pluses

• BSc/MSc in a computer science or related field.
• Background in reverse engineering and exploit research & development and relevant tools such as Ghidra, IDA, x64dbg and WinDbg.
• Experience with scripting and process automation. An understanding of effective practices for securing the SDLC that considers developer experience, sustainability and compliments release velocity.
• Experience with authentication protocols and extensions such as OAuth2 and OIDC.
• Experience in results-oriented, retail driven environment with strict deadlines and ship dates.
• Familiarity with bug bounty programs/responsible disclosure programs, either running one or as a researcher.
• Proficiency in C++ and JavaScript/TypeScript.

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