Senior Penetration Tester

NVISO Security; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Training budget

Company car + fuel card

SANS certifications

Flexible working hours

Home office possibilities

32 holidays

Résumé du poste

NVISO, a Brussels-based cyber security leader, is seeking a Senior Penetration Tester to join our EU-focused team. You will simulate real-world attacks, coordinate projects end-to-end, and mentor junior testers while delivering high-impact assessments for government and private-sector clients.

The role requires 2+ years of professional experience, a relevant degree, and excellent English. You will work independently in a collaborative environment, design security tests, and communicate findings

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of professional experience in the field.
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsabilités

• Fuse technical and non-technical skills to emulate attacker actions.
• Understand threat actor psychology, systems, and tactics to proactively test client detection, response and adaptation.
• Help design, develop, and recommend security solutions to protect clients’ data and systems.
• Support compliance objectives by providing guidance on logical protection of information system assets.
• Advise clients on security implications when changing network, system, and application architecture.
• Prepare reports on the effectiveness of information security controls and recommend new policies and procedures.
• Leverage offensive security techniques, including social engineering, exploit development, and process exploitation.
• Coordinate penetration testing projects end-to-end and mentor junior testers.

Connaissances

ICT systems

Networks

Security technologies

OS security concepts

Independent work

Team player

English proficiency

Confidential data handling

NATO citizenship

Formation

Bachelor's or Master’s degree or equivalent

Description du poste

It all starts with the mission: NVISO is here to protect European society from potentially devastating cyber attacks! This means we offer cyber security services to private and governmental organizations to help them better prepare for, prevent, detect and respond to cyber security incidents.

All of this is built on four fundamental values that define who we are: We are Proud, We Break Barriers, We Care and No BS!

Who are we?

It all starts with the mission: NVISO is here to protect European society from potentially devastating cyber attacks! This means we offer cyber security services to private and governmental organizations to help them better prepare for, prevent, detect and respond to cyber security incidents.

All of this is built on four fundamental values that define who we are: We are Proud, We Break Barriers, We Care and No BS!

Tasks

As a Senior Penetration Tester based in Brussels, Belgium, you will:

• Fuse technical and non-technical skills to emulate actions that could be taken by malicious users or systems.
• Understand the psychology, systems, and tactics used by threat actors to proactively test clients’ ability to detect, respond to, and adapt to attacks.
• Help design, develop, and recommend security solutions to protect clients’ proprietary and confidential data and systems.
• Support compliance objectives by providing guidance on the logical protection of information system assets.
• Advise clients on security implications when making changes to their network, system, and application architecture.
• Prepare reports on the effectiveness of information security controls and recommend the adoption of new policies and procedures.
• Leverage a broad range of offensive security techniques, including social engineering, exploit development, and process exploitation.
• As a senior profile, coordinate penetration testing projects end-to-end and support junior testers in their day-to-day delivery and professional development.

Requirements

• You hold citizenship in one of the 32 NATO member states.
• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent work experience in the field, and 2+ years of professional experience in the field
• Good knowledge of ICT systems, networks and security technologies
• Knowledge of operating system security concepts
• Able to work independently and to deliver results
• Positive, team and mission-oriented attitude
• Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communications skills that enable the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written
• Candidates must recognize and deal appropriately with confidential and sensitive information

Benefits

At NVISO, we care. We are committed to offering you a highly competitive remuneration package including financial and non-financial components:

• A training budget of 10.000€ and 10 days every two years
• Company car + Belgian fuel card
• Working and learning from the best people in the European cyber security industry. We have multiple SANS Instructors working at NVISO, our staff has presented at popular hacking conferences (BlackHat, BruCON, OWASP, etc) and all of our technical staff can acquire deep technical security certifications (GSE, GXPN, GREM, GCFA, OSCP, etc)
• An entrepreneurial and agile company, where you will be stimulated and supported in driving new initiatives (either through internal innovation or by improving our service offering), without losing sight of having fun!
• Regular team-building and fun events with legendary off-site events once a year. The location of the next team building is one of the most closely guarded secrets at NVISO… We can however disclose that we’ve visited Lisbon, Dubai and Malta over the past few years
• Our commitment to coach and counsel you and help you grow; each employee receives a personal coach within the team, whose role is to ensure your well-being and helps you grow in your career!
• Flexible working hours and home office possibilities
• Flex Reward Plan
• 32 holidays

Disclaimer on the Use of AI Tools in the Application Process

Please be aware that the creation and submission of application documents (e.g. CV, cover letter, case studies, etc.) using AI-powered tools is only permitted to a limited extent.

Our expectations:

• Application documents must authentically reflect your own qualifications, personality, and motivation.
• The use of AI for supportive purposes (e.g. spell-checking, improving wording) is acceptable.
• Fully generated application documents created by AI without personal adaptation or review are not permitted.
• Under no circumstances may NVISO information, data, or documents be uploaded to or processed by external AI tools.

We reserve the right to exclude applications from the selection and interview process that are clearly created primarily or exclusively by AI and show no recognizable personal input.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure a fair and transparent recruitment process and to obtain an authentic impression of our applicants.