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Penetration Tester
Darktrace · London, United Kingdom
About The Role
Join our internal cybersecurity team as a Penetration Tester. In this role, you will conduct thorough penetration tests, simulate real-world attacks, and deliver actionable insights to both security and development teams. You will collaborate with internal teams to validate findings and support remediation efforts, while staying up to date with emerging threats and vulnerabilities. This position offers a range of benefits, including paid holidays, a pension scheme, private medical insurance, and more.
- Conducting thorough penetration tests on various platforms, simulating real-world attacks, and delivering actionable insights.
- Producing detailed technical reports and executive summaries for stakeholders, and collaborating with internal teams to validate findings.
- Staying up to date with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and offensive security techniques, and mentoring junior testers.
- This position requires hands-on experience in offensive security and a deep understanding of network, application, and cloud-based vulnerabilities
- To succeed in this role, you’ll need a solid background in penetration testing or offensive security, along with hands-on experience using industry-standard tools and frameworks
- A strong grasp of security principles and methodologies is essential, as is the ability to communicate findings clearly and effectively
- Relevant certifications such as OSCP, CREST CRT, or eCPPT are highly desirable, along with excellent written and verbal communication skills,
- Strong understanding of OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK, CVSS scoring, and familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container security,
- The ability to mentor junior testers and contribute to internal tooling
- Proficiency with tools like Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, Nessus, and Kali Linux, plus scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell,
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