Hawksworth are now recruiting for a Security Vulnerability and Penetration Testing Engineer for a Permanent opportunity with a leading Law firm. Salary depending on suitability and experience, but the range is between 80,000 and 100,000 base salary.
Location: Belfast preferred. Alternatively Remote
Main responsibilities:
* Perform security penetration testing of the Firms systems, platforms, and applications
* Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the VAPT function
* Serve as the system owner for common VAPT toolsets, platforms, and processes
* Provide technical assessment reports that are easily understandable by the target audience and include practical and reasonable recommendations based upon sound risk management principles
Required skills and experience:
* A Computer Science bachelors degree or substantially equivalent experience
* CISSP is required
* GIAC GPEN or GWAPT is preferred
* Offensive Security OSCP is required
* Commanding knowledge of VAPT concepts and best practices, including the requirements for WhiteHat/ethical hacking
* Extensive experience with common automated VAPT tools such as Nessus, Appscan, Burp Suite, Nipper, and Trustwave
* Authoritative mastery of OWASP, CVE, general security controls, and other foundational topics, such as the latest application and operating system exploits
* 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in Web Application penetration testing or 2 years relevant experience plus 3+ years overall IT experience.
* Can create/write report, articulate and explain technical findings to non-technical people.
* CISP and Offensive Security OSP certifications are required
* Experience in VAPT Tools such as VAPT tools such as Nessus, Appscan, Burp Suite, Nipper, and Trustwave and Expert in common attack tools and frameworks such as Wireshark, Kali, Metasploit.
If you have the above skills and experience and are looking for your next opportunity, please apply now!
Thank you.