API Security Engineer
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Job Title: API Security Engineer
Location: Los Angeles CA Onsite
Duration / Term: 6 months Contract
Job Description:
- Configuring Secured APIs: The primary responsibility is to configure APIs to ensure they are secure. This involves implementing security measures to protect APIs from threats and vulnerabilities.
- Enhancing Security for Directory Services: The engineer is responsible for enhancing the security of directory services using certificatebased communication. This includes ensuring that communication between services is secure and encrypted
- Experience with API Security Configurations: The role requires extensive experience with API security configurations. This includes knowledge of best practices and standards for securing APIs
Technical Skills:
- Expertise in API security mechanisms such as OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect API keys JWT rate limiting and IP whitelisting.
- Security Tools & Frameworks: Experience with API security tools (e.g. Postman Burp Suite OWASP ZAP) WAFs API Gateways and SIEM tools for monitoring and detecting API threats.
- Authentication & Authorization: Deep knowledge of authentication protocols including OAuth OpenID Connect SAML and API token management.
- Knowledge of Vulnerabilities: Familiarity with the OWASP API Security Top 10 and experience in identifying and mitigating common API vulnerabilities such as injection attacks improper authentication and excessive data exposure.
- Compliance Knowledge: Understanding relevant security and compliance standards such as GDPR PCI DSS and SOC 2 and their impact on API security.
- Scripting & Automation: Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g. Python Bash) to automate security tasks and API security testing.
Key Skills:
API Security OAuth Gateways Postman OpenID SOC
Employment Type
Full Time
