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About The Role

We are looking for a smart, passionate, and experienced Penetration Tester with a broad range of experience working in dynamic enterprise environments. Do you want to utilize your hard-won offensive security experience to drive security posture improvements across our organization? As a Penetration Tester, you will do that and more!

Overview:

The Penetration Tester reports to the Sr. Manager of Penetration Testing. This role will be responsible for performing penetration testing, red team assessments, and adversary emulation. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in the following areas: network, web application, and cloud-centric penetration testing. Ability to influence change across functions and apply critical thinking skills are key success factors. Exceptional technical, communication and negotiation skills are necessary for this role, as you will need to provide technical guidance to junior pen testers, perform advanced technical assessments, translate highly technical concepts into business impact and make remediation recommendations.

Responsibilities:

Prioritize, lead, and perform advanced penetration testing for network, web applications, business application, and cloud infrastructure.
Guide the team in the development of technical frameworks, tools and execution of pen tests
Conduct red team assessments and adversary emulation engagements
Coordinate and execute “Purple teaming” exercises in collaboration with the Security Operations team
Collaborate with 3rd parties including consulting firms and security researchers on coordinating assessments, validating vulnerability reports/findings and influencing remediation
Build processes to coordinate pentests and establish remediation cadence cross-functions
Be a standout colleague who enjoys collaborating with, learning from, mentoring, and teaching other team members to create a positive work environment
Foster a collaborative environment across a remote team

Requirements:

At least 5 years experience in an IT or security function, with at least 3 years of hands-on experience in a penetration testing role
Experience with Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting language
Experience using industry standard offensive security tools
You have proven experience pen testing in web applications, network, wifi and cloud computing solution (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes)
You have a proficiency with enterprise operating systems, including Linux and Windows
You have practical experience with assessing encryption, IAM systems, VPN and authentication technologies
You have extensive knowledge of TCP/IP networking and packet analysis
You pride yourself on your proven attention to detail
Excellent, efficient problem-solving skills
Strong familiarity with at least one of the following: OWASP Top 10, PTES, or NSA Vulnerability and Penetration Testing Standards
Experience facilitating penetration testing efforts in one or more of the following Compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, PCI, SOCII, HIPAA)

Nice-to-haves:

You have professional-level certifications (OSCP, GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN)
Experience with higher-level programming languages (C, C++, etc.)
Experience with API penetration testing
Experience with containerization offensive techniques
Exploit development, vulnerability research, bug bounty submissions

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