Senior Ethical Hacker

Taswiq4me; Lyndon (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Taswiq4me is seeking a Senior Ethical Hacker to perform security assessments on web applications and cloud services using the Mitre Attack Framework. The role focuses on identifying vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and risks to prevent data breaches and improve security posture.

The candidate will conduct cloud and web app pen tests, develop custom attack tools, and communicate findings to engineering teams and executives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7+ years in cybersecurity with offensive security focus.
• Proficient manual web/cloud pentesting without relying on tools.
• Proficient writing custom attack tools (Python, PHP, Golang, Bash).
• Experience presenting findings to executives or sponsors.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional security and engineering teams.
• Create reports and communicate findings to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Lead engagement planning and debrief sessions with stakeholders.
• Architect automated workflows for security evaluation and assurance processes.

Skills

Offensive Security

Red Team experience

Python scripting

Burp Suite

Windows/Linux CLI

Education

Related degree/certificate in Offensive Security/AI Red Teaming

Tools

Burp Suite Enterprise

Job description

Your Opportunity

The Senior Ethical Hacker will conduct security assessments on web applications and cloud services by emulating real-world attacks using the Mitre Attack Framework. Their goal is to identify security weaknesses, help prevent data breaches and enhance the security posture by uncovering vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and risks proactively before they are discovered by threat actors.

Your Key Responsibilities

Communication

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (security, engineering, cloud and network operations).
• Create reports and communicate findings to various technical teams, architects and engineers.
• Create and communicate processes that could help engineering teams meet remediation goals.
• Create and verbally present your test findings in debrief meetings with the C-Suite or sponsors.

Cloud Application

• Conduct penetration tests on cloud systems, applications and APIs to identify vulnerabilities.
• Assess cloud/application specific configurations, access controls, and encryption mechanisms.
• Validate and exploit security findings within web/thick client apps and cloud environments.
• Validate various app services, databases, Kubernetes, serverless functions, container instances,
• images and cloud storage blob/buckets for security issues.

Project work/Knowledge Share

• Assist/Create rules of engagement for new pen test projects.
• Architect automated workflows for independent security evaluation and assurance processes
• Establish and enforce security baseline controls through Policy-as-Code implementations
• Engineer custom Python, Terraform, and Ansible extensions to enable specialized security and infrastructure use cases
• Create or populate content in the internal training lab so developers and security champions can stay current in offensive security with practical CTF's when time permits.
• Provide live hacking webinars for teams interested in learning by example.
• Conduct internal Red Team engagements.
• Participate in purple team engagements.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Minimum 5-7+ years working in some aspect of cybersecurity (Offensive Security, Red Team experience preferred).
• Proficient with manual web/cloud penetration testing without using any tools.
• Proficient writing custom attack tools in Python, PHP, Golang and Bash Scripting.
• Proficient with interception proxies and attacking manually via Burp Suite Enterprise tool.
• Proficient building/maintaining attack automation systems (Commercial or Open-Source).
• Proficient building containers and automation pipelines for attacking purposes.
• Experience combining multiple low/medium findings to weaponize and achieve a higher level.
• Comfortable working exclusively from Windows or Linux command line.
• Comfortable "living off the land" using VIM/VI/Bash/SH/Perl/VBScript/WMI/PowerShell for post exploitation and lateral movement.
• Comfortable with writing XSS attacks, System/SQL injection payloads or weaponizing binaries.
• Comfortable attacking various popular public cloud services in (Azure/AWS/GCP/Oracle).
• Comfortable presenting audit findings to a small group or C-Suite during debrief meetings.
• Comfortable taking ownership for testing actions and performing blameless post-mortems.

Preference for the following additional Skills/Certifications

• OffSec Web Expert (OSWE) - Preferred
• OffSec (OSAI) - Preferred
• GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
• Burp Suite Certified Practitioner (BSCP)
• Pentester Academy Cloud Security Professional (PACSP)
• AI/LLM Penetration testing experience
• Acknowledged findings in a responsible disclosure or public, private Bug Bounty program.
• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• Terraform Associate (003)
• DevSecOps experience

Education and Experience

• Minimum 5 years relevant experience.
• Related Degree or Certificate, preferably in areas of Offensive Security, AI Red Teaming or Application
• Security