Senior Penetration Tester

Agensi Pekerjaan Reeracoen Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.; Petaling Jaya; Remote; MYR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial institution is seeking an Offensive Security Specialist to conduct penetration tests on IT applications and infrastructure. The role includes planning tests, executing them, and reporting results while collaborating closely with central teams to enhance security posture. Applicants should have a solid understanding of security vulnerabilities and risk mitigation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Testing IT applications and infrastructure for vulnerabilities.
• Responsible for the full process of threat analyses from planning to execution.
• Developing risk ratings and mitigation strategies.

Job description

Overview

As part of the Kuala Lumpur based Offensive Security team, you will be responsible for planning, conducting penetrations tests across our company, documenting the results and providing advisory on the closure of identified findings. Operating primarily remotely, the role focuses on identifying vulnerabilities in IT infrastructure and applications ensuring proactive risk mitigation and compliance with internal and external security standards. In your role, you will closely collaborate with central teams in our company to strengthen the bank’s overall security posture.

Responsibilities

• As a specialist of offensive security, you’re testing IT applications and infrastructure of the bank of vulnerabilities and simulate attacks.


• Responsible for the full process of those threat analyses, from planning to execution up to reporting. It’s part of those lifecycles to develop targeted techniques and exploits.


• Based on the technical vulnerabilities and respective business processes you do develop risk ratings as well as risk mitigation strategies.


• Analysis of product, protocols and cryptographic implementation are part of the job profile.