Mobile/Web Application Security Engineering Internship

About the position Kinektt is a tech startup company with a mission focused on revolutionizing the way Christians throughout the world connect with each other both digitally and in-person. Kinektt operates at the intersection of the United States Social Networking and Religious Organization industries, which have both seen strong growth over the past five years. An event-based social service and communication platform that allows users to browse and create virtual and in-person events, hangouts, Church services, and activities. Kinektt Inc. is seeking a passionate hacker who derives purpose in life by revealing potential weaknesses and then crafting creative solutions to eliminate those weaknesses. Your skills will be the foundation of mobile/web security initiatives that protect the security and privacy of over a potential two billion people. You will be relied upon to provide engineering and product teams with the mobile security expertise necessary to make confident product decisions. Come help us make life hard for the bad guys. Mobile/Web Application Security Engineer Interns will own responsibilities within and alongside our web/mobile application within the tech startup. This internship/co-op has a minimum (8) week duration and will begin on February 1st, 2021 In this role, success means maturing our security process with clear steps to action while delivering compelling solutions to our senior leadership. Responsibilities • Provide security guidance on a constant stream of new products and technologies. • Identify and document security gaps within AWS accounts aligned to the AWS Well-Architected Framework. • Ensure external applications and systems are using strong authentication when connecting to AWS hosted systems. • Analyze, assess, and respond to various internet threats. • Facilitate meetings, workshops, and discussions with our team to help us find a balance between user wants, client needs, technical level of effort, and timelines. • Strong understanding of AWS Identity and Access Management concepts and configurations. • Validate technical security configurations provided by application and account owners. • Conduct regular security assessments and specializing in mobile platform and application code. • Responsible for completing security architecture reviews of multiple AWS accounts and hosted applications including: • Collaboration with account owners to review existing AWS accounts security posture. • Identify and document security misconfigurations in the AWS resources and architectures. • Provide remediation guidance to AWS account owners for identified security gaps. Requirements • Have a stellar attitude and ready to give max effort. • You have a High-Levell network troubleshooting ability. • You have knowledge and experience with current cyber threats and landscape to Enterprise environments. • This role will require someone who is passionate about DevSecOps. • A person with the ability to manage multiple security assessments in parallel with aggressive timelines. • Ability to multitask, work within deadlines, iterate quickly, and shift gears in a fast-paced environment • Clear communicator, both verbally and visually roll-up-your-sleeves approach with a willingness to take on "non-role-specific" security duties as needed to support the team and business • A belief that integrity and respect are required in the workplace • Fun • Have a stellar attitude and ready to give max effort • Confident in your ability to "figure it out" when you come across problems you may not have seen before • Conflict resolution • Hyper attention to detail • United States work authorization Nice-to-haves • 1 year of AWS experience. • Leadership role in driving internal security and privacy initiatives. • Knowledge of Internet issues and experience in mobile security space. • Communication experience. • Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, bug bounty, etc.) • High school graduate • Pursuing or completed a Bachelor's degree • Completed Coding School or Boot Camp • Mobile/Web Applications Security Engineer (2 years of experience) Apply tot his job

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