Penetration Tester

Ensign Infosecurity; Selangor; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A cybersecurity firm in Malaysia is looking for a qualified candidate to lead client engagements and manage project delivery. Responsibilities include conducting vulnerability testing, advising clients on security measures, and supervising junior staff. Strong communication skills and experience with managing budgets and schedules are essential. The ideal candidate will keep up to date with industry trends in cyber security and work effectively to enhance customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading client engagements and managing project delivery.
• Ability to perform vulnerability testing and risk analyses.
• Strong communication skills for effective stakeholder interaction.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements as an individual or part of a team.
• Manage project delivery, including schedule and budget control.
• Provide guidance on security issues, conducting vulnerability testing.

Job description

Responsibilities

Lead the client engagements for projects assigned either as an individual or as a member of a larger consulting team.

Be responsible for managing the project delivery, maintaining complete control on project schedule, budget and risk issues; facilitates timely decisions and make necessary escalations to maintain project schedule and budget; identify project risks early and assist by providing prudent and timely recommendations for risk avoidance; sets and manages client expectations; creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements; communicates effectively with clients and internal stakeholders to identify needs; continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction. This includes:

• Determining and providing advice on the most effective ways to protect computers, networks, software, data and information systems against possible cyber attacks
• Interviewing customer-end stakeholders to determine specific security issues
• Performing application, systems and network vulnerability testing, risk analyses and security assessments including penetration testing
• Planning, researching and designing robust security architectures for assigned projects
• Familiarization and expert use of industry security testing tools
• Preparing and delivering clear and concise technical & management reports and formal papers (when necessary) on test findings to the different levels of customer-end stakeholders including the management This includes making appropriate level presentations to the customer’s stakeholders
• Providing guidance and advisory on the findings to customer stakeholders including developers to remediate the findings
• Researching and keeping up-to-date on security trends, security standards and security best practices
• Keeping up-to-date with technological trends in relation to cyber security
• Performing other job-related duties as assigned

Be responsible for providing technical supervision for (and guidance to) to juniors