ABOUT CITI:

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.
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The Senior Application Security Analyst, VP position is part of CISO organization and provide application security services to Citi businesses in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Candidates perform deep-dive source code review for the development organizations and collaborate with teams to ensure proper remediation.

Responsibilities:

• Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST).
• Conduct in-depth manual source code reviews to identify vulnerabilities, including logical flaws, business logic bypasses, and insecure design patterns, complementing automated SAST findings.
• Review and validate automated testing results and prioritize actions that resolve issues based on overall risk. Perform application binary analysis when source code is not available.
• Identify opportunities to automate, develop custom rules and standardize information security controls. Participate in conference calls with engineering team to ensure proper scan coverage and effective results.
• Design, develop, and implement AI/ML-driven utilities and models to enhance source code analysis, predict vulnerabilities, and automate the validation of security findings.
• Write formal security assessment report for each application, using our company’s standard reporting format.
• Direct the development and delivery of secure solutions by coordinating with business and technical teams. Collaborate with application teams to ensure that any identified security vulnerabilities are remediated in a timely manner, providing practical guidance on secure coding best practices and vulnerability prevention.
• Manage and execute security assessments for multiple projects simultaneously and ensure project timelines are met.
• Research and explore new testing tools and methodologies. Act as a mentor to the junior team members.

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

  Qualifications:

• At least 6+ years of relevant experience in web development, source code review, or application security testing.

• Deep understanding and proven expertise in application security principles, common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10, CWE), and secure coding practices.
• Development background in Java/J2EE, C#, .NET (and other relevant enterprise languages like Python, JavaScript/Node.js) in an enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and integrating automated security tools, including AI/ML-driven solutions, into the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experience using commercial enterprise automated security testing tools such as Burp, Fortify, Checkmarx, Blackduck, Snyk. Proficiency in leveraging SAST tools and experience with manual code review techniques and tools/IDEs to identify complex vulnerabilities.
• Demonstrated experience in AI/ML development, including data modeling, algorithm design, and implementation using Python and relevant libraries/frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Familiarity with natural language processing (NLP) techniques for code analysis is a plus.
• Professional certifications, such as CISSP, CSSLP (highly preferred), GIAC, CEH or willingness to obtain.

EDUCATION:

• At least Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
  This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

CRITICAL TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required: SAST, Java Source Code Review, Java/JSP/J2EE , Checkmarx, OWASP
Preferred: AI/ML skills, DevSecOps, Secrets Scanning,, .NET, Burp, DAST, Fortify, Snyk
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MOST RELEVANT SKILLS

Please see the requirements listed above.
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OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS

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• Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST).
• Conduct in-depth manual source code reviews to identify vulnerabilities, including logical flaws, business logic bypasses, and insecure design patterns, complementing automated SAST findings.
• Review and validate automated testing results and prioritize actions that resolve issues based on overall risk. Perform application binary analysis when source code is not available.
• Identify opportunities to automate, develop custom rules and standardize information security controls. Participate in conference calls with engineering team to ensure proper scan coverage and effective results.
• Design, develop, and implement AI/ML-driven utilities and models to enhance source code analysis, predict vulnerabilities, and automate the validation of security findings.
• Write formal security assessment report for each application, using our company’s standard reporting format.
• Direct the development and delivery of secure solutions by coordinating with business and technical teams. Collaborate with application teams to ensure that any identified security vulnerabilities are remediated in a timely manner, providing practical guidance on secure coding best practices and vulnerability prevention.
• Manage and execute security assessments for multiple projects simultaneously and ensure project timelines are met.
• Research and explore new testing tools and methodologies. Act as a mentor to the junior team members.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency