Penetration Tester

PwC; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four weeks annual leave

Floating public holidays

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

PwC Australia is seeking an experienced Penetration Tester to join the Offensive Security capability. The role focuses on red team, purple team, and penetration testing engagements across diverse Australian and international clients.

You will lead technical directions, collaborate with offensive security specialists, share knowledge, and contribute to evolving methodologies in an AI-driven security landscape.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Red Team engagements for leading organisations
• Able to work across diverse client technology environments
• Strong leadership and coaching for junior team members
• Excellent written and verbal communication of complex red team and penetration testing narratives
• Experience across red, purple, and penetration testing engagements
• Industry certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, OSED, CRTP, CRTO, GXPN, or CREST CCT INF / CCT APP

Responsibilities

• Lead red team and purple team engagements to test cybersecurity controls across detection, prevention and response domains
• Conduct and lead penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities in applications, systems, and networks
• Provide technical direction to the team and keep client stakeholders updated
• Develop internal tools and procedures to optimise delivery and speed
• Deliver detailed technical reports with pragmatic recommendations

Skills

Red Team

Penetration Testing

Leadership

Advanced Communications

Job description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Cybersecurity & Privacy

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

Location: This role could be based out of any of our PwC offices in Australia

About us

At PwC Australia,Cybersecurity & Privacy team is helping to build a secure digital society, keeping our economy and businesses protected from cyber security threats.We’relooking for an experienced Penetration Tester to join our Offensive Security capability. In this role you will be ‘on the tools’,delivering technical red team (adversary simulation), purple team (attack replay)and penetration testing services to some of Australia’s leadingorganisations.

We have been providing Offensive Security services to clients for over 20 years. As a Red Teamer,you will work closely with our team of offensive security specialists to deliver highly impactful offensive security engagements, while also being a core contributor to our next generation methodologies and technical capability - commensurate with the rapidly changing adversary landscape and changes that come with an AI enabled future.Committed to technical excellence as a team, we attend regular threat intelligence briefings run by our dedicated inhouse Threat Intelligence function, attend technical industry conferences, collaborate with our specialists across the Cybersecurity & Privacy practice, and expand our technical acumen through our internal ‘Cyber Academy’ and external paid certifications

Our clients come from a diverse set of backgrounds, each at a different stage of their cyber maturity journey. In this role you will have the opportunity to support a variety of Australian and internationalorganisationsimprove their cyber resilience.

Why PwC?

At PwC Australia, your skills meet purpose. We tackle big challenges across industries like finance, technology, energy, and health—giving you the chance to make a real impact. Here, your growth is our priority. You’ll work with leading teams, explore new technologies, and unlock your full potential.

Join a global community of more than 370,000 people who value bold ideas, collaboration, and lasting change. Together, we’re building trust and shaping the future.

What you’ll do:

• Performing Red Teaming and/orPurpleteaming activities to test the effectiveness of cybersecurity controls, across detection,preventionand response domains;
• Conducting and leading penetration testing toidentifyvulnerabilities in applications, systems, and networks;
• Leading the “day-to-day”, including technical direction to the team, and keeping client stakeholders up to date;
• Driving technical excellence within the team, both within and outside client engagements;
• Delivering management and detailed technical reporting, providing pragmatic recommendations, and contributing to presentations and debriefs to technical and business stakeholders;
• Helping tooptimisecollaboration and knowledge sharing with Offensive Security specialist from across our global network;
• Developing internal tools and procedures tooptimisedelivery, increase our impact, and enable us to move faster while staying undetected.

What we’re looking for:

• Hasdemonstratedexperience delivering Red Team engagements for leadingorganisations(ideally, including CORIE or other regulated Red Team exercises)
• Enjoys working across a variety of different client technology environments, using intuition and problem solving tomaximisevalue for our clients
• Strives for technical and customer service excellence
• Brings strong leaderships skills and experience, delivering technical coaching to junior team members (both during, and outside of client engagements)
• Bringsstrong communicationskills, including experience writing and conveying complex red team and penetration testing narratives for various audiences
• Enjoys working across a variety of offensive security engagement types (red teaming, purple teaming, penetration testing)
• Brings advanced industry certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, OSED, CRTP, CRTO, GXPN, or CREST CCT INF / CCT APP

What you could gain:

• The opportunity to work with leading organisations and cutting-edge technology that challenge and expand your expertise.
• Flexibility means trusting you to choose when, where, and how you work—balancing what’s best for you, your team, and your clients to grow and thrive together.
• Clear paths for career progression supported by continuous learning and leadership development.
• Generous leave entitlements including four weeks’ annual leave and float public holidays to support your work-life balance.

We know that perks are as important as your financial rewards. Explore all the benefits that PwC has to offer here:

The minimum salary for a Senior Associate in this role is AUD89,000including superannuation. Higher grades will receive a salary range above this in line with the salary bands for these positions.

We’re committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability, neurodivergence, or any other protected characteristic.We want you to have every opportunity to thrive in our selection process. In the application form, you can let us know what adjustments you require during our recruitment process and/or any workplace accommodations you anticipate needing to help you perform your role.

Education

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Certifications

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Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Cloud Security, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Conducting Research, Creativity, Cyber Defense, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Encryption, Inclusion, Information Security, Intellectual Curiosity, Intelligence Analysis, Intelligence Report, Intrusion Detection, Intrusion Detection System (IDS), IT Operations, Learning Agility, Malware Analysis {+ 21 more}

Desired Languages

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date

September 22, 2026