Job title API Security - Senior Consultant About At Deloitte we do not offer you just a job but a career in the highly sought-after risk Management field We are one of the business leaders in the risk market We work with a vision to make the world more prosperous trustworthy and safe Deloitte s clients primarily based outside of India are large complex organizations that constantly evolve and innovate to build better products and services In the process they encounter various risks and the work we do to help them address these risks is increasingly key to their success and to the strength of the economy and public security By joining us you will get to work with diverse teams of professionals who design manage and implement risk-centric solutions across a variety of domains In the process you will gain exposure to the risk-centric challenges faced in today s world by organizations across a range of industry sectors and become subject matter experts in those areas Our Risk and Financial Advisory services professionals help organizations effectively navigate business risks and opportunities from strategic reputation and financial risks to operational cyber and regulatory risks to gain competitive advantage We apply our experience in ongoing business operations and corporate lifecycle events to help clients become stronger and more resilient Our market-leading teams help clients embrace complexity to accelerate performance disrupt through innovation and lead in their industries We use cutting-edge technology like AI ML techniques analytics and RPA to solve Deloitte s clients most complex issues Working in Risk and Financial Advisory at Deloitte US-India offices has the power to redefine your ambitions The Team Cyber Strategic Risk Deloitte s API Security is aligned with the industry preferred practices and leverages security framework to address the API security challenges in a comprehensive manner This process enables the client to address key vulnerabilities and risks associated with APIs at different stages of their development lifecycle Deloitte plays a crucial role in identifying and remediating vulnerabilities in APIs accessible from within an organization exposed to the internet or in the client s API infrastructure that may potentially become a threat to an organization Work you ll do Roles Responsibilities As a Senior Consultant in the API Security domain you are responsible for adhering to the defined operating procedures and guidelines in the API security services which includes the following Support and consult with development and engineering teams in the areas of API security to discover and inventory all APIs and their exposed data across environments Integrate automated security testing e g SAST DAST API-specific scanners into CI CD pipelines Provide remediation guidance and support to development teams for identified vulnerabilities Implement and enforce security guardrails for API development including authentication authorization and data protection Collaborate with DevOps cloud and security teams to ensure consistent delivery of secure APIs and microservices Stay current with emerging API security threats tools and best practices Monitor API traffic for anomalous behavior and potential threats Research and help develop security solutions to help secure applications API Security Data Protection Identity Protection Experience working with AWS or other cloud environments development architecture Experience with cloud and API security standards OWASP API Top 10 CIS Top 20 Perform security risk assessments for all proposed application-related APIs changes Required skills - 5 years of experience in software development in one or more of the following programming languages NET Python Java Springboot REST JavaScript Node React and or Go Experience with tools like OWASP ZAP Veracode Postman etc 3 years of experience with API Security Design patterns Architecture B2B A2A B2C Integration Experience with API security tools like Noname Salt Neosec etc Experience with API Management solutions like Mulesoft Apigee etc Technical and foundational knowledge of software engineering computer systems security engineering authentication and or applied cryptography Excellent knowledge of all web technologies especially web services web applications Service Oriented Architectures and network web protocols Knowledge of application threat modeling Remediation of OWASP API Top 10 CIS Top 10 SANS Top 25 a plus Strong understanding of authentication OAuth2 JWT authorization and encryption for APIs Familiarity with cloud-native environments containers and microservices architectures Experience with attacker tactics techniques and procedures and corresponding mitigation methods Sound knowledge of all procedures standards and regulations for authorization and authentication applied cryptography and security vulnerabilities Qualification Bachelor s degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience Experience with application monitoring Managed Services business primarily on DevOps Threat and Vulnerability Management for Application infrastructure source code verification link analysis and threat modeling Solid and demonstrable comprehension of Information Security including OWASP SANS Security Test Case development or mis-use case OOAD notations emerging threats attacks and vulnerability management Experience with automated monitoring alerting and incident response for APIs Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements relevant to API security Ability to research and characterize security threats to include identification and classification of application related threat indicators Certification such as SANS Secure Coding Security Engineering Web Application Security ISC2 CSSLP OSCP etc are preferred Good to have - Experience with integrating and operating SAST tools to identify code-level vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle Familiarity with DAST tools and 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