Role - Senior Penetration Tester

Location: Remote / Gurugram, India

Experience: 5-7+ Years

Compensation: ₹10,00,000 - ₹12,00,000 Per Annum

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role:

OculusIT is seeking an experienced Senior Penetration Tester to join our Information Security team. This individual will be responsible for conducting advanced penetration testing engagements across higher education institutions and enterprise environments. The ideal candidate possesses strong hands-on offensive security expertise and is capable of independently leading security assessments, identifying complex attack paths, validating risks, and delivering executive-quality reports.

Key Responsibilities

Perform external and internal network penetration testing engagements.

Conduct Black Box, Gray Box, and White Box penetration tests.

Perform web application security assessments using manual and automated techniques.

Conduct authenticated infrastructure assessments and security reviews.

Simulate real-world attack scenarios and adversarial techniques.

Execute credential compromise assessments and privilege escalation testing.

Assess Active Directory security and identify attack paths.

Perform vulnerability validation and exploit verification activities.

Conduct cloud security assessments (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud preferred).

Review firewall, network segmentation, and security control effectiveness.

Develop proof-of-concept exploit demonstrations where appropriate.





Produce comprehensive technical and executive reports.

Present findings and remediation recommendations to clients.

Support red team style activities and security research initiatives.

Mentor junior security analysts and penetration testers.

Required Technical Skills

Strong experience with

Burp Suite Qualified

Nmap

Nessus

Metasploit

BloodHound

Impacket

Kali Linux

Responder

CrackMapExec / NetExec

Wireshark

OWASP Testing Methodology

Hands-on experience in:

Internal Network Pentesting

External Pentesting

Web Application Security Testing

API Security Testing

Active Directory Security Assessments

Password Audits

Credential Attacks

Privilege Escalation

Lateral Movement Simulation

Security Reporting

Required Certifications

Applicants with below certificates are preferred

OSCP, PNPT, CRTO, OSWE, OSEP, GPEN, GXPN, GWAPT, eCPPT

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.

Minimum 5 years of professional penetration testing experience.

Strong report writing and communication skills.

Ability to independently execute client-facing security engagements.

Experience working with education, healthcare, or enterprise environments preferred.

Preferred Experience:

Red Team Operations

Azure Security

AWS Security

Higher Education Security Assessments

Social Engineering Assessments

Purple Team Exercises

📌 Senior Penetration Tester (Gurugram)
🏢 OcIT
📍 Gurugram