Senior Penetration Tester

NVISO Security; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Training budget

SANS access

Team events

Personal coach

Flexible hours

Home office

Flex Reward Plan

32 holidays

Résumé du poste

NVISO is a Brussels-based cybersecurity firm focused on protecting European institutions and private organisations from cyber threats. The Senior Penetration Tester role involves coordinating testing projects end-to-end and guiding junior testers, with opportunities to work on social engineering, exploit development and various offensive security techniques.

The position emphasizes independent delivery, strong English communication, and collaboration within a high-performance team, with a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience (2+ years).
• At least 2 years of professional penetration testing experience.

Responsabilités

• Emulate attacker actions combining technical and non-technical skills.
• Understand threat actor tactics to test clients’ detection, response, and adaptation.
• Design, develop and recommend security solutions for data protection.
• Support compliance by guiding information asset protection.
• Advise on security implications when changing networks/systems/apps.

Connaissances

ICT systems

OS security

Independence

Team spirit

English

Data confidentiality

Formation

Bachelor/Master degree

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!

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

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
• 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 throughout the year;
• 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.

• 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.