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Ethical Hacker / Penetration Tester

Employer
Sanderson Government & Defence
Location
Worcestershire
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
15 Feb 2019

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Clearance Level
DV, SC, BPSS, DBS
Sector
Cyber Security, Information Technology, Security
Job Type
Permanent

As a client-facing professional, you must be highly experienced and credible operating at both technical and management levels. You will be adaptable and flexible in your work and a positive attitude is essential. In return, you will be given the opportunity to work with a broad range of client organisations, alongside some of the best consultants in the security industry. There is scope to learn from colleagues as well as to contribute to enhancing the client's Penetration Testing capabilities through service specialisation and funded personal research.

Essential skills/qualifications:

  • Current Team Member certificate, CREST or TIGER.
  • UK driving license.
  • UK security clearance to SC or DV level.
  • Willingness to travel to customer sites in the UK and Europe.
  • Excellent report writing skills coupled with an acute attention to detail.
  • Deep technical knowledge of hacking and penetration testing techniques, methodologies and tools across all common platforms.
  • Keep up to date with vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures between scheduled engagements.
  • The ability to effectively manage time and workload on individual and team engagements, cooperating with clients and managing stakeholder expectations.

Desirable skills/qualifications:

  • Active CHECK status
  • Willingness to support the sales team to develop engagement opportunities.
  • Ability to scope security assessments and deliver them on time and within budget.
  • The willingness to work with other parts of the organisation to provide benefit of knowledge base and experience within information systems security.
  • Evidence of on-going personal development in the penetration testing space e.g. research and development.

The position comes with excellent benefits and a commitment to help maintain a good work/life balance.

The role will be based in Worcestershire, but you will be required to undertake regular work on customer sites as necessary. Working from home is possible, where appropriate, although the expectation will be for you to attend the office when not deployed to customer locations.

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