Python Developer/Application Engineer

What are we looking for in our Python Developer/Application Engineer?

Job Title: Python Developer/Application Engineer

Location: Alpharetta, GA, Arlington -VA (Hybrid)

12 months Contract to hire

Pay: $70/$80/Hr on W2 (depends upon experience)

Must Haves:

Python (Very strong)

Linux – Linux Scripting Skills

Build API

D2D:

Will utilize his 100% time in development

Job Description:

About the Team:
• The mission of the Cloud Security & Developer Enablement team is to implement the Firm's Cybersecurity Strategy by architecting, engineering, deploying and operating technical security controls and capabilities for the Enterprise. This is achieved by continued focus on architectural rigor, automation, agile delivery and adoption of Cloud and application security control implementations by development community.

What You’ll Do:
• Be part of a team of engineers to implement Morgan Stanley specific security policies in the CI/CD security tools including but not limited to SAST, DAST and SCA applications.
• Work with Development, DevOps and Security teams to identify and develop automated security and compliance capabilities in support of DevOps processes.
• Define the security rules that needs to be adhered to at a code level in web and mobile applications written in .NET, Java, React, Python and other languages.
• With your development background and security knowledge, provide security guidance to developers in the form secure coding standards and guidelines.
• Support security standards, create templates and patterns to increase the efficiency and adoption of security program.
• Work with our partners to implement, manage, and optimizing security measures within our GitHub repositories to continuously improve code integrity and protect against vulnerabilities.

Required skillset:
• Must have: 5+ years software development experience using Python
• Working with APIs, including but not limited to ReST
• Unit testing frameworks
• Multi-process and multi-thread architecture
• Must have: 5+ years in linux, strong bash scripting skills.
• Good understanding of SQL to extract relevant information for reporting and analysis
• Working knowledge of windows environment, simple scripting dos-batch etc.
• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of work experience in the IT field
• Ability to process large datasets for reporting and analysis.
• Desired Skillset:
• A self-starter, with a strong desire for learning new technologies and applying them to solve problems
• Knowledge of SAST, OSS technologies
• Ability to perform Python code reviews with minimal assistance
• Expertise in monitoring, alerting, reporting, data analysis is desired.
• Experience with application build environments like Jenkins, Teamcity etc.
• DevOps container/orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker, Puppet, etc) is a plus
• Experience with evaluation, integration and onboard of security tools such as DAST, RASP, WAF, vulnerability scanner results, container analyzers, open source scanning etc is a plus

Benefits Info

Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.