Penetration Testing Lead - Vice President

SMBC Group; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

SMBC Group is seeking a Penetration Testing Lead - Vice President in Charlotte, NC, to orchestrate red team and penetration testing efforts across systems and networks. The role requires coordinating with stakeholders, mentoring the team, and delivering both technical and non-technical findings to C-level leadership.

The candidate will stay current on exploits, threats, and adversarial techniques while guiding testing operations and development of detections with the Detection Engineering Team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in IT/cybersecurity or similar.
• Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and attacker techniques.
• Experience with manual and automated security testing of networks and apps.

Responsibilities

• Triage vulnerabilities from security tools and tests; assess impact.
• Lead and conduct red team and penetration testing exercises.
• Coordinate penetration testing with 3rd party vendors and craft reports for executives.

Skills

MITRE ATT&CK

Network attacks

Web attacks

Penetration testing

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor of Information Technology / Computer Science

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Cloud technologies

Containerized environments

Job description

Penetration Testing Lead - Vice President

Job Level: Vice President

Location: Charlotte, NC, US, 28202

Employment Type: Full Time

Requisition ID: 7951

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

Role Description

The Penetration Testing Lead will facilitate, manage, and conduct red team and penetration testing efforts. This a highly technical role in which you should have a solid understanding of information security concepts and proven effectiveness in coordinating large exercises while keeping key stakeholders informed.

The Penetration Testing Lead should stay up to date on exploits, new and emerging threats, adversarial techniques and tactics, and continues training on various live‑fire training environments.

In addition to technical expertise, the Penetration Testing Lead should be able to mentor the team to elevate their skills and challenge them to excel in their field taking care to make sure they can perform penetration testing and red teaming activities in a stealthy manner without causing any unnecessary stress or damage to the network or application being tested and rigorously adhere to rules of engagement.

The Penetration Testing Lead should also have a background in coordinating penetration test with 3rd party vendors including but not limited to drafting requests for proposals, rules of engagement as well as detailed reports for presentation to C level members on a non-technical level as well as technical reports to subject matter experts that will be used to remediate any findings.

Role Objectives

• Triage identified vulnerabilities from security tools and penetration tests to assess impact
• Carry out manual and automated security testing of systems and network infrastructure
• Perform manual testing to validate vulnerabilities found via automated methods.
• Perform re‑testing to confirm that vulnerabilities are properly remediated.
• Support the Penetration Testing Services across the global bank.
• Partner with Detection Engineering Team in Purple Team exercises to set up detections and mitigations i.e., Intrusion Prevention Systems, ensuring we have signatures in place to protect us from relevant threats.
• Support culture of continuous improvement by proactively investigating new risks and opportunities to strengthen Bank's security posture

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor of Information Technology, Computer Science, or similar
• Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework
• In-depth knowledge of network and web-based attacks
• Diligent, proactive, and strong attention to detail
• Ability to work with large datasets, multi‑task, and effectively prioritize tasks
• Strong critical analysis and problem‑solving abilities
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to multi‑task and remain productive in a service‑driven and results oriented environment.
• Demonstrated strong organizational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.

Qualifications - Preferred

• CEH, OSCP, GPEN, GXPN, GWAPT certifications.
• 7+ years of security, IT, compliance, audit, risk management, consulting, or application development experience.
• CTF experience and writing penetration test reports describing exploit details and remediation plan(s).
• Experience writing scripts and automate processes is a plus (PowerShell & Python).
• Experience managing projects from initiation to closure.
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies and containerized environments

Additional Requirements

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA‑registered roles for which in‑office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at [e-mail].