Open Systems Technologies
Application Security Developer (C# or Java)
Full details on LinkedIn
The complete job description, requirements, and application details are available on the original posting.
About Open Systems Technologies
Open Systems Technologies (OST) is a staffing and recruiting firm based in New York, specializing in IT, financial technology, and professional services placements. Founded in 1990, OST has grown to become one of the largest privately-held staffing firms in the U.S., employing between 250 and 999 people and generating approximately $11.8 million in annual revenue. The company offers full-time and contract recruiting services across the nation, focusing on high-demand sectors such as financial technology, information technology, professional services, and healthcare. OST prides itself on its entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees to manage full desks and providing rapid hiring capabilities, often placing talent within 48 hours. With additional offices in Philadelphia and Boston, OST serves competitive financial and technology companies, positioning itself as a tier-one vendor for high-profile clients. The firm is committed to equal opportunity hiring and maintains a non-discriminatory approach in its recruitment processes.
Security at Open Systems Technologies
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Security Philosophy
“Open Systems Technologies' AppSec activities and priorities, as indicated by multiple job postings, include scanning, triage, threat modeling, security champions, and tool rollouts. The company emphasizes developer enablement and an SDLC focus, explicitly stating an aim to increase security focus across all SDLC stages and embed security tooling into CI/CD. Their risk philosophy involves establishing a comprehensive vulnerability management program and continuous discovery, prioritization, and tracking of vulnerabilities. However, there is no public AppSec mission or security philosophy page on the company website with a leadership quote, and this information is not publicly available.”
Security Team
- No explicit org-chart or reporting line description for AppSec (e.g., whether AppSec reports to CISO or CTO) is publicly available.
- Similarly, there is no verifiable public list of named AppSec leaders or their public quotes tied to Open Systems Technologies beyond general company LinkedIn listings.
- Active AppSec job postings include 'DevSecOps/Vulnerability Management Lead' and 'Application Security Developer (C# or Java)'.
Key Initiatives
- Open Systems Technologies drives a Security Champions program and integrates threat modeling as a standard part of the SDLC.
- They aim to embed security controls and tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, etc.) into the software development lifecycle, increasing the security focus on all stages of SDLC.
- They establish and manage a comprehensive vulnerability management program, including continuous discovery, prioritization, and tracking of vulnerabilities, utilizing tools like Snyk, Tenable, Qualys, Trivy, and Clair.
- However, no public SLAs/MTTR targets, ticketing ownership statements, or explicit remediation SLA quotes are publicly available.
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