The Penetration Tester is responsible for carrying out penetration testing, vulnerability assessment activities, and any other security activities with oversight/support from a more senior team member and providing security expertise to CyberCX clients.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Deliver application, network, systems, and infrastructure penetration tests for customers. Able to perform the top five and emerging STA services offered by the Practice to a high standard with adequate supervision
- Prepare high quality reports detailing security issues, making recommendations, and identifying solutions, contribute to presentations and discussions with customers around testing performed, key results, recommendations, and the next steps
- Build and promote strong, long-lasting relationships with a diverse range of customers, and identify and explore opportunities within existing and new customers
- Ensure that KPIs around client expectation management, delivery deadlines, quality of work and deliverables etc are met, including conducting quality management
- Share knowledge and support STA team members to up/cross skill in hard and soft skills
- Contribute to a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and accountability through consistent employee engagement
- Assist with R&D, innovation, and practice improvement activities, under supervision
- Actively collaborate across CyberCX, and continuously look for ways to add value. Facilitate communication, partnerships and cross-pollination across the business to allow teams to better engage and service customers
- Meet utilisation targets and ensure on-budget delivery
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications, Experience & Skills
- Tertiary qualification in information systems, software development or a similar field, or equivalent industry experience
- Penetration testing certifications such as OSCP preferred but not essential
- A minimum of 2 years as a security testing practitioner / cyber practitioner in which you have developed capability in managing client expectations, time management, technical delivery and report writing
- Effective stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Skilled in responding to setbacks in an agile and resilient manner