CyberCX - Penetration Tester - Canberra

Accenture; Canberra; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Penetration Tester responsible for conducting penetration tests across applications, networks, systems and infrastructure with guidance from senior team members. The role emphasizes delivering high-quality reports with security findings, recommendations, and next steps to clients.

You will build strong client relationships, manage expectations, and contribute to knowledge sharing within the STA team while supporting R&D and practice improvements.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in information systems, software development or a similar field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Penetration testing certifications such as OSCP preferred but not essential.
• A minimum of 2 years as a security testing practitioner / cyber practitioner in which you have developed capability in managing client expectations, time management, technical delivery and report writing.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Skilled in responding to setbacks in an agile and resilient manner.

Responsibilities

• Deliver application, network, systems, and infrastructure penetration tests for customers. Able to perform the top five and emerging STA services offered by the Practice to a high standard with adequate supervision
• Prepare high quality reports detailing security issues, making recommendations, and identifying solutions, contribute to presentations and discussions with customers around testing performed, key results, recommendations, and the next steps
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting relationships with a diverse range of customers, and identify and explore opportunities within existing and new customers
• Ensure that KPIs around client expectation management, delivery deadlines, quality of work and deliverables etc are met, including conducting quality management
• Share knowledge and support STA team members to up/cross skill in hard and soft skills
• Contribute to a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and accountability through consistent employee engagement
• Assist with R&D, innovation, and practice improvement activities, under supervision
• Actively collaborate across CyberCX, and continuously look for ways to add value. Facilitate communication, partnerships and cross-pollination across the business to allow teams to better engage and service customers
• Meet utilisation targets and ensure on-budget delivery

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Agile mindset

Security testing

Education

Tertiary qualification in information systems or related field

OSCP or equivalent certification

Job description

The Penetration Tester is responsible for carrying out penetration testing, vulnerability assessment activities, and any other security activities with oversight/support from a more senior team member and providing security expertise to CyberCX clients.

• Deliver application, network, systems, and infrastructure penetration tests for customers. Able to perform the top five and emerging STA services offered by the Practice to a high standard with adequate supervision
• Prepare high quality reports detailing security issues, making recommendations, and identifying solutions, contribute to presentations and discussions with customers around testing performed, key results, recommendations, and the next steps
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting relationships with a diverse range of customers, and identify and explore opportunities within existing and new customers
• Ensure that KPIs around client expectation management, delivery deadlines, quality of work and deliverables etc are met, including conducting quality management
• Share knowledge and support STA team members to up/cross skill in hard and soft skills
• Contribute to a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and accountability through consistent employee engagement
• Assist with R&D, innovation, and practice improvement activities, under supervision
• Actively collaborate across CyberCX, and continuously look for ways to add value. Facilitate communication, partnerships and cross-pollination across the business to allow teams to better engage and service customers
• Meet utilisation targets and ensure on-budget delivery

Preferred Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• Tertiary qualification in information systems, software development or a similar field, or equivalent industry experience
• Penetration testing certifications such as OSCP preferred but not essential
• A minimum of 2 years as a security testing practitioner / cyber practitioner in which you have developed capability in managing client expectations, time management, technical delivery and report writing
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Skilled in responding to setbacks in an agile and resilient manner

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

The Penetration Tester is responsible for carrying out penetration testing, vulnerability assessment activities, and any other security activities with oversight/support from a more senior team member and providing security expertise to CyberCX clients.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Deliver application, network, systems, and infrastructure penetration tests for customers. Able to perform the top five and emerging STA services offered by the Practice to a high standard with adequate supervision
• Prepare high quality reports detailing security issues, making recommendations, and identifying solutions, contribute to presentations and discussions with customers around testing performed, key results, recommendations, and the next steps
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting relationships with a diverse range of customers, and identify and explore opportunities within existing and new customers
• Ensure that KPIs around client expectation management, delivery deadlines, quality of work and deliverables etc are met, including conducting quality management
• Share knowledge and support STA team members to up/cross skill in hard and soft skills
• Contribute to a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and accountability through consistent employee engagement
• Assist with R&D, innovation, and practice improvement activities, under supervision
• Actively collaborate across CyberCX, and continuously look for ways to add value. Facilitate communication, partnerships and cross-pollination across the business to allow teams to better engage and service customers
• Meet utilisation targets and ensure on-budget delivery

Preferred Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• Tertiary qualification in information systems, software development or a similar field, or equivalent industry experience
• Penetration testing certifications such as OSCP preferred but not essential
• A minimum of 2 years as a security testing practitioner / cyber practitioner in which you have developed capability in managing client expectations, time management, technical delivery and report writing
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Skilled in responding to setbacks in an agile and resilient manner

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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