Penetration Tester - Consultancy

Hamilton Barnes; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes seeks a Lead Penetration Tester to own offensive security engagements across infrastructure, web apps, and enterprise environments. Hybrid/remote work is offered, ideally from the North of England, with UK travel as needed.

You will manage scoping, testing, reporting, and remediation discussions, while supporting pre-sales and shaping service strategy for growing demand.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to deliver penetration testing engagements independently.
• Experience with large enterprise clients and complex IT environments is essential.
• Ability to lead technical projects and own delivery from start to finish.
• Strong knowledge of penetration testing methodologies, tools, and reporting standards.
• Confidently engaging with senior technical stakeholders.
• Experience supporting technical pre-sales and scoping client requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and independently deliver penetration testing engagements across infrastructure, web applications, internal and external networks.
• Conduct complex security assessments for enterprise-sized clients.
• Take technical ownership from scoping and planning through to testing, reporting and remediation discussions.

Skills

Penetration Testing

Enterprise Environments

Project Leadership

Client Engagement

Pre-sales Support

Written Communication

UK Travel

Driving Licence

Job description

Keen to join a company that champions growth and development?

Join an established and expanding UK cybersecurity consultancy assisting prominent organizations with risk mitigation strategies,security assurance,and tailored technical solutions.Taking a consultative,client-focused approach,the business maps every engagement directly to organizational risk appetite to deliver clarity,commercial value,and robust defensive resilience.

The company is seeking a Lead Penetration Tester to take end-to-end ownership of offensive security engagements across infrastructure,web applications,internal and external networks,and complex enterprise environments.Operating with hybrid and remote flexibility,ideally from the North of England,the successful candidate will manage scoping,technical testing,reporting,and senior client remediation discussions while supporting pre-sales,shaping service strategy,and building out the wider offensive security capability as demand grows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and independently deliver penetration testing engagements across infrastructure, web applications, internal and external networks
• Conduct complex security assessments for enterprise-sized clients
• Take technical ownership from scoping and planning through to testing, reporting and remediation discussions
• Produce high-quality, technically accurate reports with clear and actionable remediation recommendations
• Present findings to clients including senior IT and security stakeholders
• Support development of CyberWhite’s penetration testing methodologies and capabilities
• Work closely with the internal project management team to ensure on-time, in-scope delivery
• Independently manage technical workloads, priorities and deliverables
• Communicate proactively with clients and internal stakeholders throughout engagements
• Travel to client sites across the UK when required
• Support the sales team with technical discovery calls, scoping discussions and pre-sales meetings
• Translate client requirements into clearly defined testing engagements
• Provide technical input into proposals, statements of work and effort estimates
• Identify opportunities for additional security services where appropriate
• Contribute to the strategic development of offensive security services
• Identify opportunities to improve technical processes, service quality and delivery efficiency
• Support development and mentoring of additional penetration testers as the team grows

Skills/Must have

• Strong, demonstrable experience delivering penetration testing engagements independently
• Experience working with large enterprise clients and complex IT environments
• Ability to lead technical projects and take full ownership of delivery
• Strong knowledge of penetration testing methodologies, tools and reporting standards
• Confident engaging directly with clients including senior technical stakeholders
• Ability to support technical pre-sales and scope client requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated, organised and capable of working with minimal supervision
• Willingness to travel across the UK for client engagements
• Full UK driving licence preferred

Salary

• £50-65k