Senior Penetration Tester

Hyerhub
Sheffield, England
12 months ago
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Senior Manager - Cyber Defense Services to be both business and technical focused. You will have ideas of how to drive the business forward, and be skilled in the commercial aspects of security testing, above all you will know what clients are looking for when they buy security testing and how to deliver it.


This is role will require you in the office on a flexible hybrid set up. The offices are in London, Leeds and Manchester.


Management and delivery of penetration testing services to clients to include the following:

  • Scoping
  • Financial and risk management
  • Delivery of testing and the oversight of testers
  • Review of deliverables (QA)
  • Coaching and developing team members through sharing of experience and knowledge.
  • Performance management of junior staff.
  • Continuous development of self and team, including managing client feedback.
  • Monitoring quality of service and products to clients and carrying out improvement or development as necessary.
  • Actively identifying and progressing business development opportunities, as well as managing sales activities such as proposal writing and assisting with client presentations and debriefs.
  • Developing constructive client relationships, both inside and outside.
  • Developing an understanding of the broader offerings to enable identification of business opportunities


Required Skills and Experience:

  • Passion for Hacking!
  • Clear and demonstrable understanding of red-teaming/penetration testing, including NCSC and CREST accredited schemes such as xBEST, STAR/STAR-FS, CHECK.
  • Proven experience of successfully managing and delivering testing engagements on time and to budget.
  • Proven experience working within the UK cyber security industry
  • Demonstrable understanding and practical application of information security principles
  • Strong technical background in computing, networks, and programming.
  • Proven experience of producing high quality deliverables working alone and as part of a team.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Experience leading, coaching and mentoring highly technical teams
  • A genuine interest and desire to work with large multi-national clients in the information security field.


Advantageous:

  • CCT-App or CSTL-App.
  • Knowledge of NCSC CTAS and CPA Assurance Schemes
  • Knowledge of working in secure environments (List X facilities) and accredited labs (ISO17025)
  • Research and Development experience
  • CREST CCSAS qualification or be working towards CCSAS and ready to sit in the near future.

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