Description

Job Description: Penetration Tester
Shift Time: UK Shift
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Penetration Tester to assess, test, and improve the security posture of client and internal systems, applications, networks, and cloud environments. The successful candidate will have hands-on industry experience in offensive security, vulnerability assessment, exploitation techniques, and security reporting, supported by relevant professional certifications.
This role is suited to someone who can think like an attacker, communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and help teams remediate security weaknesses effectively.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and conduct penetration tests across web applications, APIs, infrastructure, cloud environments, wireless networks, and internal systems.
- Identify, validate, and safely exploit security vulnerabilities using industry-standard tools and manual testing techniques.
- Perform vulnerability assessments, security reviews, configuration reviews, and attack path analysis.
- Produce clear, accurate,



and actionable penetration testing reports, including technical findings, risk ratings, evidence, business impact, and remediation guidance.
- Present findings to technical teams, senior stakeholders, and clients where required.
- Support remediation activities by advising engineering, IT, DevOps, and security teams.
- Conduct retesting to confirm vulnerabilities have been resolved.
- Maintain awareness of emerging threats, vulnerabilities, exploit techniques, and attacker tradecraft.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing methodologies, tooling, templates, and internal knowledge bases.
- Ensure all testing is conducted safely, ethically, and within agreed scope, rules of engagement, and legal requirements.

Required Skills and Experience
- Proven industry experience in penetration testing, red teaming, vulnerability assessment, or offensive security.
- Solid understanding of common

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