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Penetration Tester

LT Harper - Cyber Security Recruitment
London
1 week ago
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Position: Penetration Tester



Salary: £35 - £45k + Discretionary Bonus



Location: Remote (UK) with occasional client site visits – UK Residents only, please.



This role will give you the following!



  • Dedicated training budget to progress your career and gain certs.
  • Work on varied and interesting engagements.
  • Knowledge sharing and, on-the-job mentoring with expert testers.
  • Be part of a supportive team that wants you to learn, develop and do well.
  • Funding to attend industry security conferences.



This is a smallish team with a real start-up feel. However, it has the added luxury of receiving all the benefits of being part of a much bigger organisation – that means progression, a consistent pipeline of work, and a proper benefits package.



Outline responsibilities of the Penetration Tester:


In line with your experience, you'll

  • Conduct end-to-end testing, including initial client engagement and scoping, delivery, and reporting.
  • Include, Infrastructure, webapp, Cloud, and redteam Pentest engagements
  • Remote with travel to client sites as required – which is pretty rare.



Requirements of the Penetration Tester:



  • About 1yr of experience
  • Proven experience in pen testing, specifically Webapp and Infrastructure.
  • Knowledge and / or experience of the OWASP Vulnerabilities
  • Good communication skills.
  • NOTE – It’s fine if you do, but you do NOT need a degree 🙂!
  • Eligible for SC
  • CRT or CSTM - nice to have or be working towards



If this sounds like the role for you and you're ready to take on exciting challenges in the cybersecurity field, please reach out to or apply directly today.

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