Penetration Testing Consultant

cyberani solutions

The Penetration Tester is responsible for identifying, exploiting, and documenting security vulnerabilities across the organization s digital infrastructure. This role plays a critical part in proactively assessing threats and strengthening the overall security posture.

Responsibilities:

Possesses operational decision-making authority (with management collaboration).

Demonstrates technical and operations program leadership.

Participates in technical, business process, and status review meetings

Perform penetration tests on applications, networks, and systems, simulating real-world attacks to identify vulnerabilities.

Conduct vulnerability assessments using industry-standard tools and techniques.

Develop detailed reports and remediation recommendations based on testing outcomes.

Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and operations teams to remediate security issues.

Keep up to date with the latest vulnerabilities, hacking techniques, and security trends.

Assist in red team/blue team exercises and adversary emulation scenarios.

Support internal and external audits and compliance testing where needed.

Document test procedures and maintain testing scripts and methodologies.

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Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Security or a related field.

Industry certifications such as OSCP, CEH, GPEN or equivalent are preferred.

5-7 years relevant experience

Proven experience in penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and ethical hacking.

Proficiency with tools such as Burp Suite, Metasploit, Nmap, Wireshark, Nessus etc.

Strong understanding of security frameworks and standards (e.g., OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST).

Solid scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell) are a plus