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Offensive Security Specialist
Salford Quays / Staines / Central London – Flexible / Hybrid working options
Permanent | Salary: £51,200 - £64,000 (depending on experience & location) | Full time – 37.5 hours per week
We make health happen. Here you’ll be welcomed into an inclusive environment that champions diversity and is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind, you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives. Right from the start you’ll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.
Role overview
As an Offensive Security Specialist, you will be part of a team responsible for testing, measuring, and reporting on the effectiveness of security controls used across the Bupa IT estate against known adversarial tactics and techniques. You will design, run and analyze the output of assessments using our chosen Breach and Attack Simulation platform and consume data from Red Team, Penetration Testing reports, Vulnerability Scanning platforms and other tools that identify misconfigurations within the Bupa infrastructure that represent a potential security risk. You will also lead in designing test strategies based on the MITRE ATT&CK framework, using internal and external Threat Intelligence and your own experience of corporate network environments.
What you’ll do
* Review and analyze findings from multiple data sources to assess impact and determine remediation priorities.
* Develop remediation plans for high‑priority vulnerabilities, using your offensive security expertise to identify potential attack paths.
* Collaborate across teams to disrupt those paths effectively, leveraging both your technical knowledge and that of others.
* Influence stakeholders, including technology owners and remediation teams, to commit to and implement remediation strategies.
* Perform risk analysis on test data to ensure the most critical issues are addressed first, aligning with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and the Unified Kill Chain.
* Use threat intelligence to guide future assessments, ensuring testing is relevant to current controls and risks.
* Utilize BAS platforms and engage in continuous self‑learning through provided resources to maintain your credibility and expertise.
* Partner with internal and external SMEs across Security Operations, Engineering, Threat Intelligence and Vulnerability Management to design effective solutions.
* Mentor and guide colleagues, sharing knowledge and influencing others to resolve identified weaknesses.
* Lead small projects, ensuring timely and accurate implementation of solutions, and design unbiased methods to validate their effectiveness.
* Challenge and improve existing processes, contributing to documentation and reporting using tools like Kibana, Lucene and Python.
* Communicate technical findings clearly to risk teams and other stakeholders, ensuring risks are well understood and documented.
What you’ll bring
* Experience within any of the following IT security disciplines: Security Operations, Red Teaming, Penetration Testing, Security Engineering.
* Expert knowledge of various enterprise technologies/infrastructure including network architectures, operating systems and security controls.
* Confidence in technical expertise and ability to present oneself as a technically competent SME.
* Exposure to Security Monitoring and Security Control technologies.
* Exposure to Threat Intelligence sources.
* Good experience of typical enterprise security services including but not limited to: Threat Intelligence, Penetration testing, Anti‑malware, Email/SPAM management, Authentication mechanisms, SIEM, WAF, Firewalls, Proxy technologies, IDS/IPS, DLP.
* A track record of technical delivery within a fast‑paced, pressured environment.
* Engagement with key stakeholders, effective communication and a "not afraid to ask" mentality.
Benefits
* 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
* Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
* An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
* Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym is available.
* Various other benefits and online discounts.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. We especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.
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