Senior Manual Ethical Hacker

Job Description Manual Ethical Hacking is part of the Application Development Security Framework Program within Bank of America’s Cyber Security Assurance Offensive Security group. The program provides services to assess the security resilience of the bank’s applications to malicious hacking activity. This senior technical role is responsible for performing and leading ethical hacking assessments of the bank’s technologies, applications, and cyber security controls while adapting testing methods to evolving and emerging threats. The role involves leading and performing research, understanding the bank’s security policies, working with appropriate partners to complete assessments and simulations, identifying misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, and reporting on associated risk. The role partners closely with security partners, CIO clients, and multiple lines of business. Responsibilities include performing application security‑oriented dynamic and static assessments across a multitude of technologies, including web UI, web APIs, mobile and cloud, with associated source code. Key Responsibilities Perform assigned analysis of internal and external threats on information systems and predict future threat behavior. Incorporate threat actors’ tactics, techniques, and procedures into offensive security testing to identify high‑value vulnerabilities or chained attacks. Develop proof‑of‑concepts for exploitation. Perform assessments of the security, effectiveness, and practicality of multiple technology systems. Leverage innovative thinking to help solve problems or introduce new ideas to processes or products applicable to offensive security. Prepare and present detailed technical information for various media including documents, reports, and notifications. Provide clear and practical advice regarding managing risks. Learn and develop advanced technical and leadership skills, mentor junior and intermediate assessors in technical tradecraft and soft skills. Respond to security incidents and provide technical assistance to leadership across the Information Security organization. Required Skills Minimum of 5+ years of professional penetration‑testing, application security or ethical hacking experience, preferably in a large, complex, enterprise environment Detailed technical knowledge in at least 5 of the following areas: security engineering application architecture authentication and security protocols application session management applied cryptography common communication protocols mobile frameworks single sign‑on technologies exploit automation platforms Web APIs Cloud environments LLM security Mobile application analysis Able to manually identify and reproduce findings, discuss remediation concepts, develop PoCs for vulnerabilities, use scripting/coding techniques, proficiently execute common penetration‑testing tools, triage, and support incidents, and produce high‑value findings. Experience performing manual web application assessments i.e., must be able to simulate OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities without the use of tools. Experience performing manual code reviews for security‑relevant issues. Experience working with DAST and SAST tools to identify vulnerabilities. Knowledge of network and Web‑related protocols/technologies (e.g., UNIX/Linux, TCP/IP, Cookies). Experience with vulnerability assessment tools and penetration‑testing techniques. Solid programming/debugging skills, development frameworks, CVE and CWE research/reproduction. Threat analysis, threat modelling and SBOM analysis. Innovative thinking, threat‑actor simulation. Technology systems assessment. Technical documentation. Advisory. Desired CEH, OSCP/OSCE/OSWE/GXPN/GPEN/GWAPT/GMOB/All Practitioner Certs [Port Swigger BSP Academy]/Cloud Cert(s)/ eWPT; eWPTX; eMAPT [INE Pentester Academy] Strong programming/scripting skills. Frida. Binary analysis (disassembly skills). Soft Skills Advisory Innovative Thinking Technical Documentation Technology System Assessment Threat Analysis Adaptability Collaboration Scenario Planning and Analysis Test Engineering Written Communications Attention to Detail Information Systems Management Issue Management Presentation Skills Prioritization Shift & Hours Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Hours per Week: 40 Pay $160,000.00 – $205,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on overall performance. Benefits This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry‑leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to sustainable growth. #J-18808-Ljbffr Stryker Corporation