Sr. Security Analyst

Warner Bros Discovery Warner Bros Discovery · Media · Hyderabad, Telangāna, India · Technology

This role is for a Senior Security Analyst at Warner Bros. Discovery, focusing on manual penetration testing, developing other security engineers, advising on security standards, and providing remediation feedback. The position requires experience in penetration testing, code review, scripting (Python), and security engineering practices.

What you'd actually do

  1. Execute manual penetration testing engagements against a variety of web applications/services and software
  2. Develop other security engineers
  3. Advise management of violations or egregious negligence toward defined standards in targets tested
  4. Provide actionable remediation feedback for findings and/or long-term risk mitigation guidance
  5. Provide clear communication on the issue to developers and verify the efficacy of the ‘fix’
  6. Partner with developers to drive improvement in application security as a result of security assessment engagements

Skills

Required

  • Penetration testing
  • Code review
  • Bug bounty hunting
  • Red teaming/capture the flag
  • Python scripting
  • Web application security
  • Network security
  • Authentication/Authorization protocols
  • Cryptography
  • Automation
  • Software security
  • Communication skills

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or other related fields

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of experience in penetration testing, code review, bug bounty hunting, or red teaming/capture the flag experience.
  • 5+ years of professional experience with security engineering practices such as in web application security, network security, authN/authZ protocols, cryptography, automation, and other software security.