Pen Testing Simulation Subject Matter Expert

JR United Kingdom; Portsmouth; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Cyber Growth sector is seeking a senior penetration tester to oversee quality assurance within their Assured Penetration Testing Scheme. This remote role demands significant experience in the field, ensuring compliance and technical capability of team outputs while working with public sector clients. The ideal candidate will also have SC Clearance and a proven track record in adversary simulation.

Qualifications

• Senior penetration tester with quality assurance experience.
• Experience as an assessor for a penetration testing exam body is desirable.
• Experience as a senior member of an adversary simulation team.

Responsibilities

• Sampling reports to ensure compliance and technical capability.
• Coaching new Team Leaders’ reports and providing support if needed.
• Handling new applications from companies wishing to join the Scheme.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Adversary Simulation

Technical Compliance

Coaching

Remote Team Management

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portsmouth, hampshire, United Kingdom

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Posted:

26.06.2025

Expiry Date:

10.08.2025

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Job Description:

The Industry Assurance team in Cyber Growth runs the Assured Penetration Testing Scheme on behalf of a public sector client, which mandates or strongly recommends such testing across all departments and infrastructure.

The team assesses the methodology and work of all members of the scheme from application through their participation. Members are supported to improve, or may be removed from the scheme if necessary.

We seek a senior penetration tester with experience in quality assuring the output of other penetration testers in an operational environment. Experience as an assessor for a penetration testing exam body is also desirable.

Ideally, the candidate will have prior experience working within the Scheme but should not have current contracts to avoid conflicts of interest.

The candidate should also have experience as a senior member of an adversary simulation team, overseeing and quality assuring team outputs.

The role involves:

• Sampling reports to ensure compliance and technical capability.
• Sampling and coaching new Team Leaders’ reports, providing remedial support if needed.
• Handling new applications from companies wishing to join the Scheme.

SC Clearance is required for this role.

The role is primarily remote (90%), with occasional meetings in Gloucestershire or London.