Offensive Security Analyst

GAP Talent; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK professional services firm is looking for an Offensive Security Analyst to join their growing cyber security team. You will conduct advanced penetration testing and contribute to developing innovative security methodologies. The ideal candidate should have strong skills in penetration testing, a proactive attitude, and relevant certifications like CEH or OSCP. The role offers agile working arrangements, career progression opportunities, and the chance to engage with various clients and industries.

Benefits

Collaborative culture

Agile working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong experience in penetration testing and offensive security.
• Knowledge of modern and emerging attack techniques.
• Interest in research, tooling development, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct sophisticated penetration testing and red team engagements.
• Identify, validate, and communicate security vulnerabilities.
• Support vulnerability management and remediation planning.
• Contribute to development of new penetration testing techniques.

Skills

Penetration testing

Offensive security

Vulnerability management

Research and tooling development

Curiosity and proactivity

Education

CEH, OSCP, or CREST certifications

Job description

GAP Talent is representing a leading UK professional services and business advisory firm as they continue to grow their Digital Risk and Advisory Services practice. This organisation works closely with ambitious, high-growth and entrepreneurially driven businesses that form the backbone of the UK economy, providing trusted advice to owners and senior leadership teams.

The firm’s Digital Services team helps organisations understand, manage and respond to business-critical risks, including cyber threats, operational disruption and emerging technology risks. They are now seeking a highly skilled Offensive Security Analyst to join a fast-paced, collaborative cyber team.

The Role

This role focuses on delivering advanced penetration testing and red team engagements across a wide range of client environments. You will play a key role in identifying vulnerabilities, strengthening security postures, and contributing to the development of innovative offensive security methodologies and tooling.

You’ll work with clients across multiple industries and geographies, staying at the forefront of threat intelligence, cyber defense best practices and regulatory expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct sophisticated penetration testing and red team engagements across networks, applications and cloud environments
• Identify, validate and clearly communicate security vulnerabilities and business risk
• Support vulnerability management and remediation planning
• Contribute to the development of new penetration testing techniques, tools and automation
• Keep up to date with emerging attack methods, threat actors and offensive security technologies
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across cyber, technology, risk and transformation disciplines
• Engage confidently with senior stakeholders, including managers and directors
• Identify opportunities to enhance service delivery and provide additional value to clients

About You

• Strong experience in penetration testing and offensive security
• Knowledge of modern and emerging attack techniques
• Experience with vulnerability management (advantageous)
• Interest in research, tooling development and automation
• Exposure to financial services environments is beneficial but not essential
• Actively working towards, or holding, certifications such as CEH, OSCP or CREST
• Curious, proactive and motivated to continuously learn and develop

What’s On Offer

• Exposure to a wide variety of clients, industries and complex environments
• A collaborative, people-centered culture with strong mentoring and support
• Agile and flexible working arrangements
• Clear career development frameworks and progression opportunities
• Access to multidisciplinary teams, learning resources and innovation initiatives
• The chance to play a key role in shaping a growing cyber and digital risk function

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a growing cyber security team within a respected advisory environment, where innovation, collaboration and quality of delivery are central. You’ll be supported to develop your technical expertise, broaden your commercial exposure, and build long-term career progression in offensive security.