Senior Penetration Tester

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking firm as a Vice President in Penetration Testing, where you will lead efforts to enhance cybersecurity and resilience. This role involves hands-on testing of critical applications and platforms, utilizing industry-standard methodologies to identify risks and vulnerabilities. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce detailed assessment reports and drive continuous improvement. If you're passionate about cybersecurity and eager to make a significant impact, this is the opportunity for you!

Qualifications

• Experience in manual penetration testing of various applications and infrastructures.
• Ability to identify security issues and recommend enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute penetration tests and resilience simulations.
• Collaborate with teams to develop comprehensive assessment reports.

Skills

Penetration Testing

Cybersecurity Knowledge

Risk Management

Incident Response Methodologies

Communication Skills

Collaboration Skills

Education

Certifications (CREST, OSCP, OSCE)

Tools

OWASP Top Ten

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Offensive Testing Tools

Programming Languages (Python, Java, Rust)

Job description

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Contribute to leading-edge security and resilience efforts, advancing protective strategies and propelling continuous improvement.

As an Assessments & Exercises Vice President in Penetration Test, you will play a significant role in enhancing our firm's cybersecurity and resiliency posture. You will use industry-standard assessment methodologies and techniques to proactively identify risks and vulnerabilities in our people, processes, and technology. As a key member of our team, you will perform hands-on penetration testing of some of our most critical applications, platforms, and the perimeter. You will collaborate with application developers to understand and mitigate vulnerabilities, and to identify opportunities for early detection in the SDLC.

We are looking for team members who are eager to learn, drive to excel, and have excellent technical knowledge of security concepts and proven expertise in penetration testing.

Job responsibilities

Design and execute testing and simulations – such as penetration tests, technical controls assessments, cyber exercises, or resiliency simulations, and contribute to the development and refinement of assessment methodologies, tools, and frameworks to ensure alignment with the firm’s strategy and compliance with regulatory requirements
Evaluate controls for effectiveness and impact on operational risk, as well as opportunities to automate control evaluation
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive assessment reports – including detailed findings, risk assessments, and remediation recommendations – making data-driven decisions that encourage continuous improvement
Utilize threat intelligence and security research to stay informed about emerging threats, vulnerabilities, industry best practices, and regulations. Apply this knowledge to enhance the firm's assessment strategy and risk management. Engage with peers and industry groups that share threat intelligence analytics

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience in conducting manual penetration tests against a wide variety of applications and technologies including web, mobile and thick clients, internal and external facing infrastructures, cloud
Foundational knowledge of cybersecurity organization practices, operations, risk management processes, principles, architectural requirements, engineering and threats and vulnerabilities, including incident response methodologies
Ability to identify systemic security or resiliency issues as they relate to threats, vulnerabilities, or risks, with a focus on recommendations for enhancements or remediation, and proficiency in multiple security assessment methodologies (., Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) Top Ten, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework), offensive testing tools, or resiliency testing equivalents
Excellent communication, collaboration, and report writing skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders across various functions and levels

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Proficiency in security concepts for both Windows and Unix-like Operating Systems
Experience in source code review and/or building software with multiple programming languages (. Python, Java, Rust,
Experience in reverse engineering standalone, thick client and mobile applications
Certifications like CREST (CRT, CCT), OSCP, OSCE, GXPN, GRE