Position Description:

Company Profile:

Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results.

CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.

Position: Application Security- Penetration Testing

Experience: 5-7 years

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Shift: General Shift

Location: Chennai

Position ID: J0726-2597

Employment Type: Full Time

Education Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or higher with minimum 5 years of relevant experience.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Integration of security into software development during design and development

- Analysis of IT systems architecture in terms of security and risk/threat modelling
- Contribution to the definition of the different types of security tests to be performed
- Supporting the development team in terms of secure development practices
- Supporting the infrastructure/middleware teams in terms of securization
- Performing or coordinating security code reviews and white box penetration testing during the development sprints
- Automation of security testing process
- Coordinating with the third party vendors and internal stakeholders for the penetration and black box testing
- Review and assess the results of external penetration testing, and agree corrective action
- Supporting the development teams to reproduce issues
- Research and monitor current software security risk

Contributing Responsibilities

Work with development team to prioritize vulnerabilities,



assist in resolving security related issues.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Functional knowledge Minimum Proficiency Level

General knowledge about private banking, asset management or corporate banking Medium (at least 5 years’ experience)

Experience of a secure software life cycle in a software house or large IT department Medium (at least 5 years’ experience)

Other skills Minimum Proficiency Level

Communication skills Excellent

Team player Excellent

Analytical skills Excellent

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Must to have Skills-

- At least 5+ years of hands-on experience doing security code analysis or reviews
- At least 5+ years of hands-on experience doing penetration and vulnerabilities tests
- At least 5+ years of hands-on experience as a software developer
- Any certification around security: GSSP-JAVA, GWEB, ECSP, CSSLP, CEH, CES etc.

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills

Technical skills Minimum Proficiency Level

Security Technical Skills Medium (At least 5-8 year experience)

Knowledge and experience of common security protocols (eg. TLS, OAuth 2.0, SAML, Open ID, Connect, LDAP, etc.) and crypto libraries )Open SSL, JWT, etc) Must Have

Knowledge and experience of server side security, authentication and authorizations mechanisms Must Have

Knowledge and experience of Web security (OWASP etc.) and Javascript/SPA security Must Have

Knowledge and experience of static code security analysis and security code reviews Must Have

Knowledge and experience of vulnerabilities/penetration testing Must Have

Good to have Skills-

Knowledge of Spring Security Good to have





Knowledge of encryption and key management Good to have

Awareness of security standards relevant to SaaS and experience with Cloud platforms Good to have

Technical Development Skills Medium (At least 1–5-year experience)

Experience of CI/CD and DevSecOps Good to have

Experience with hardening of middleware (Tomcat, Apache, NGINX, Mongo DB etc.) Good to have

Knowledge of IAM and SIEM solutions Good to have

Behavioral Skills

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Communication skills - oral & written

Attention to detail / rigor

Organizational skills

Skills:

- Security Analysis
- Security assessment
- Vulnerability Testing (IAVT)

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop cutting-edge solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

📌 Application Security- Penetration Testing (5-7 Years)-Chennai Location
🏢 CGI
📍 Chennai