Senior Consultant, Offensive Security

Kroll; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroll is expanding its team in Bengaluru, India, seeking a Senior Consultant in Offensive Security. This role focuses on leading penetration testing projects for various clients worldwide, effectively mentoring junior consultants and providing technical leadership.

Ideal candidates possess over 6 years of cybersecurity experience, with substantial expertise in penetration testing and leading security engagements. Kroll values knowledge sharing and diversity in the workplace.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years specifically in penetration testing.
• Proven ability to lead cybersecurity engagements successfully.
• Strong communication skills, able to mentor and lead junior consultants.

Responsibilities

• Lead offensive security engagements, including penetration tests.
• Solution and scope engagements for various cybersecurity projects.
• Define execution strategy and provide guidance to junior team members.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

Application security knowledge

Penetration testing

Cloud security

Leadership skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Security or related field

Job description

Our Offensive Security professionals are on a mission to make the world a safer place, one company at a time. We believe that our work to help our clients discover and remediate their unique security risks makes every one of us safer. Our clients trust us to use cutting‑edge offensive security tools, creativity, imagination, and expert knowledge to find cybersecurity risks in their networks, systems, and software.

We're looking to grow our team of penetration testers in India. We perform testing of web and smartphone applications, computer networks, cloud infrastructure, hardware devices, employees via social engineering, organizations via red team testing, and more.

As a Senior Consultant, you will report to a Principal Consultant in India. You will lead teams of consultants on cybersecurity projects for clients, large and small, across North America, EMEA, and APAC. You will be the technical leader of our engagements to our clients, scope solutions to their cybersecurity challenges, and act as their security subject‑matter expert. You will mentor our Associate Consultants and Consultants during our engagements and act as a role model for their careers. You will think strategically and socialize your ideas to help us better ourselves.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver offensive security engagements such as web, mobile, API, and network penetration tests as an expert in the eyes of the client and your teammates.
• Solution and scope engagements for our clients, including penetration tests, cloud security projects, and more.
• Lead the technical delivery of our engagements by defining the execution strategy, delegating tasks to junior members of the team, evaluating their progress, and providing feedback.
• Execute internal strategic initiatives to help our practice grow, adapt, and evolve.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in cybersecurity, with 3+ years in penetration testing, application security, or red teaming.
• Expert knowledge of application security, cloud security, infrastructure security, and other offensive or defensive security domains.
• A high degree of contextual and technological adaptability (i.e., tool‑ and industry‑agnostic).
• Generosity with your knowledge and patience with your apprentices.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• A proven ability to lead and deliver cybersecurity engagements.

Prerequisites

• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in information security, computer science or engineering, software engineering, or IT/System/Network administration.
• Experience working both as part of a team and independently.

Kroll is committed to equal opportunity and diversity, and recruits people based on merit.