Job Description: VAPT Engineer
Experience: 5 to 8 Years
Function: Cyber Security / Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
Work Location: Mumbai
Job type: Contract to hire
Role Summary:
We are seeking an experienced and hands-on VAPT Engineer to lead and execute vulnerability assessment and penetration testing activities across applications, APIs, cloud workloads and enterprise technology environments. The role requires solid offensive security expertise, practical experience in Cloud security and the ability to identify, validate, prioritize and communicate security risks effectively to technical and business stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
Plan, conduct and report vulnerability assessments and penetration tests for web applications, APIs, mobile applications, cloud services and supporting infrastructure.
Perform application and API security assessments aligned with OWASP Top 10, OWASP API Security Top 10, secure coding standards and industry best practices.
Assess cloud environments for security misconfigurations, identity and access risks, exposed services,



insecure storage, network security gaps and logging or monitoring weaknesses.
Validate vulnerabilities through manual testing, exploitability analysis, proof-of concept development and risk-based prioritization.
Prepare high-quality VAPT reports with clear risk ratings, business impact, evidence, technical details and actionable remediation guidance.
Collaborate with application, infrastructure, DevOps, cloud and compliance teams to track remediation and verify closure of identified vulnerabilities.
Support secure SDLC initiatives by reviewing application architecture, threat models, API designs and security controls during development and deployment phases.
Mentor junior security engineers and provide technical guidance on penetration testing methodology, tools, reporting quality and remediation validation.
Stay updated on emerging vulnerabilities, attack techniques, cloud threats, API abuse patte

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