Penetration Tester

Penetration Tester

Cheltenham Contract Day rate: £500 - £600 inside IR35

We're currently seeking an accomplished and highly ambitious Penetration Tester to work with our exceptional client, a world class brand in a secure environment to drive major business transformation, process and technical change across this complex organisation.

This role requires you to already hold SC clearance and will be hybrid.

These Penetration Tester roles are conducted in an environment that is far from ordinary, therefore, we're not looking for ordinary. You'll have the potential to work effectively across a large number of teams and a diverse range of projects within our technology community. You will be encouraged and assisted to enhance your skills on unique projects.

You will be able to demonstrate your enthusiasm and experience of working in small, diverse, multi-disciplinary teams to deliver flexible and helping to mature our cloud systems. Exceptional stakeholder management skills are a must. Highly analytical, flexible and persuasive, with first-class influencing skills, you'll possess the ability to build effective relationships and drive lasting impact across the organisation.

The day-to-day tasks of a penetration tester will vary, some of the tasks and responsibilities you may encounter are as follows:

• Perform tests on applications, network devices, and cloud infrastructures
  
  
• Design and conduct simulated social engineering attacks
  
  
• Research and experiment with different types of attacks
  
  
• Develop methodologies for penetration testing
  
  
• Review code for security vulnerabilities
  
  
• Reverse engineer malware or spam
  
  
• Document security and compliance issues
  
  
• Automate common testing techniques to improve efficiency
  
  
• Write technical and executive reports
  
  
• Communicate findings to both technical staff and executive leadership
  
  
• Validate security improvements with additional testing
  
  
• Analyse the overall business model and feedback areas of improvement
  
  Our client requires an experienced penetration tester to undertake the following tasks:
  
  
• In-year sampling of department reports to ensure adherence to the standard and confirm the company's ongoing technical capability to remain part of the scheme.
  
  
• In-year sampling of new department Team Leaders' reports, and potentially coaching/remedial activities with standalone CTLs who have no peer support in their company.
  
  
• Using reports to analyse the companies set up and provide further areas of improvement
  
  
• Awarding certificates to confirm compliance against the scheme
  
  In return:
  
  You'll be joining an ambitious, high-level team of like-minded and highly skilled individuals, all focused on delivering the best possible outcome.
  
  We are focused on bringing and nurturing the best talent into our team, recruiting widely to ensure we are inclusive and providing a supportive and safe environment where people can bring their authentic selves to work to be able to deliver at their best.
  
  This is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity to step away from the mundane and forge your own path in a totally new direction working on life and culture changing projects.
  
  If you're ready for a challenge like no other, apply today