Senior Penetration Tester
Start Date: Immediate
Contract type: Permanent
Reports to: Head of Penetration Testing
Established in 1982, Bytes has grown rapidly and now employs over 450 people across 5 locations in the UK and Ireland. Our turnover in Financial Year 2019 was in excess of £520M. We work with SME’s, corporates and public sector organisations to modernise and digitally transform their IT infrastructures.
We invest in our employees through on-going support, training and advice to help them achieve their career aspirations, rewarding success both financially and personally. There is opportunity to grow and move internally which can be seen through our long-standing employees who have developed existing and new skills to move into senior positions in the organisation leaving space for new team members to begin their journey.
Here's a bit about us...
- Operating from modern, hybrid working environments with offices in Leatherhead, Reading or Manchester
- Over 550 staff (plans to double in size over the next 5 years)
- Winners of an array of industry awards
- Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places to Work
- Excellent training and career prospects offered
- Fantastic office with gym, canteen, open plan, smart casual dress code, regular incentives and company events
- Supporters of 85+ charities with strong commitment to diversity and sustainability
We grow great people to deliver amazing things - with an emphasis on Personal Growth, Opportunity and Impact.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Bytes are a CREST certified penetration testing organisation and have significant growth and expansion plans. This role is to join the assurance testing team working with Bytes customers across all aspects of penetration testing. We are seeking individuals that have both a broad range of skills or are focused on specific aspects of penetration testing and red teaming. The role is ideal for anyone that has been providing penetration testing and security consulting services to customers and is now looking for the next step up in their career, or just a great company / team to work with. The role will include delivering customer testing engagements and working on R&D projects, scoping customer engagements, completing statements of work, mentoring, training, and helping to develop new consulting services as well as increasing Bytes’ presence in thought leadership for penetration and assurance testing services. This role will shape the future of our customers technical security landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver penetration testing service, including but not limited to infrastructure, web application, API, wireless, desktop applications, and mobile application testing for customers
- Carry out configuration reviews including but not limited to cloud, firewalls, workstations, and servers
- Carry out in-depth red team and social engineering engagements
- Work under the direction of the Head of Assurance on internal projects, research and development, tool creation and increasing the effectiveness of our services by bringing new ideas and ways of working
- Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to junior penetration testers, helping them develop their technical skills, critical thinking abilities and problem-solving capabilities
Individual Responsibilities:
- Deliver penetration testing, red teaming and configuration review services to customers
- Interact with the sales team to ensure that new business is scoped appropriately for delivery of testing engagements
- Manage customer engagements and being responsible for the quality / timeliness of all work delivered for that customer
- Deliver high quality engagements to customers and delivering real value to them
- Document findings, vulnerabilities, and recommendations in detailed reports, providing clear and actionable information to customers or internal stakeholders
ABOUT YOU :
Essential Qualifications & Experience:
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CREST CCT-INF / CCT-APP or equivalent
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CHECK Team Leader
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3 years penetration testing consulting experience
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Ability to pass BPSS or HMG SC vetting requirements
Desired Qualifications & Experience:
- BSc degree
Core Competencies & Skills:
- Good time management, can handle conflicting priorities, and deliver excellent levels of quality across all services
- Strong customer focus – able to meet the demands of internal and external customers
- Excellent communication skills – providing verbal and written communication that are outstanding to the Head of Testing as well as other stakeholders including customers
- Ability to work both independently and as a team and enjoy working in an environment that requires continuous learning and development
- Ability to adapt to a fast-moving security landscape and keep pace with latest thinking
- Strong code of ethics and morals