Senior Penetration Tester - Offensive Security

Sasso Consulting; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasso Consulting in Centurion, Gauteng (provisional) seeks experienced Ethical Hackers to perform authorised penetration testing across enterprise IT environments, including networks, applications, operating systems, cloud infrastructure and identity platforms.

The successful candidates will identify, validate and report exploitable security vulnerabilities, and work within approved testing scopes using recognised methodologies to deliver practical remediation recommendations.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years hands-on experience in penetration testing and offensive security.
• Ability to conduct authorised assessments across networks, apps, AD and cloud.
• Strong understanding of OWASP guidance and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct authorised penetration testing across enterprise IT environments.
• Identify, validate and document exploitable security vulnerabilities.
• Prepare comprehensive penetration testing reports with remediation guidance.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to address findings.
• Ensure testing is within approved scopes and rules of engagement.

Skills

Penetration testing

Offensive security

Network security testing

Web application security

Cloud security testing

Active Directory security

Scripting & automation

Vulnerability analysis

Education

Diploma/degree in IT, CS, Cybersecurity or related

Tools

Kali Linux

Burp Suite

Nmap

Nessus

OpenVAS

Metasploit

Wireshark

OWASP ZAP

Job description

Sasso Consulting in Centurion, Gauteng (provisional) seeks experienced Ethical Hackers to perform authorised penetration testing across enterprise IT environments, including networks, applications, operating systems, cloud infrastructure and identity platforms.

The successful candidates will identify, validate and report exploitable security vulnerabilities, and work within approved testing scopes using recognised methodologies to deliver practical remediation recommendations.