Penetration Tester – Check Team Lead x2 Full Time

Stratford-upon-avon, Warwickshire
Alexander Associates

Pentration Tester – CHECK Team Lead x2

Permanent opportunity
Remote role with occassional travel to client sites
60,000 – 70,000 per annum DOE

Please note this role requires you to gain security clearance

Job description

• Scope penetration tests accurately, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and standards.
• Work autonomously and under direction, delivering accurate technical results in accordance with the scope and test plan.
• Perform a broad range of complex penetration tests that demonstrate an analytical and systematic approach.
• Apply knowledge of configuration errors, vulnerabilities, and coding flaws to create and execute a series of tests to validate the security of a system or product.
• Communicate penetration test results to both technical and non-technical audiences, facilitating collaboration between stakeholders where necessary.
• Influence peers and customers by delivering presentations, papers, and reports.
• Have a good understanding of technology and actively maintain awareness of developments in the penetration testing and information security fields.
• Participate in technical and/or professional development activities beyond own team, sharing knowledge with colleagues to improve the security testing service.
• Assist and support active red team engagements.
• Work closely with the Head of Cyber Security Testing and input into growing existing and developing new service lines.

Required Skills

• CHECK Team Leader (Inf). (Crest CCT INF Advantageous)
• UK Government Clearance to SC level.
• Experience of scoping projects and writing proposals.
• Experience of applying in-depth knowledge and experience in one or more specific areas and apply a broad understanding across a wide field in a variety of situations.
• Ability to manage larger projects and oversee them from a technical perspective.
• Flexibility and willingness to work additional hours / out of hours as may be required.
• Have strong inter-personal skills, especially in handling contacts of all types and at all levels.
• Maintain detailed knowledge of own area of expertise, including awareness of current developments.
• Have strong written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Develop awareness and, in some cases, detailed knowledge of areas outside own area of expertise as appropriate.
• Take innovative approaches to problem solving and devise creative solutions.
• Convey a level of confidence and professionalism, positively influencing and persuading others to take a course of specific action when there is no direct command.
• Provide mentoring and management of junior staff on projects, supporting staff development.

Education:

Degree level qualification (2:2 or above) BSc in an IT related field; Computer Science or Digital Forensics degrees are desirable

Cyber Security related degrees are desirable.

CISSP

CCSAS

CCT APP

CSTL APP

CSTL INF

OSCP

OSWE

OSCE

5 years in Cyber Security industry working as a Penetration Tester, delivering on infrastructure penetration testing projects.