Penetration Tester – Remote
Oliver JamesIreland12 days ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyInformation Technology
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Responsibilities
- Join planning sessions and walkthroughs to understand scope and requirements
- Map out how the application works by exploring it (both public and logged-in areas).
- Review the source code to spot potential risks.
- Record and analyse traffic between client and server using tools like proxies and sniffers.
- Run vulnerability scans using commercial, open-source, and proprietary tools.
- Manually check scan results to remove false positives.
- Analyse the application’s code using static code analysers.
- Test for common security issues, such as:
- Authentication & authorisation flaws
- Session & configuration management weaknesses
- Input validation & sensitive data handling issues
- Cryptography & exception handling gaps
- At least 3 years in penetration testing.
- Manual exploitation of vulnerabilities following OWASP Top Ten standards.
- Practical experience finding and exploiting web app and API vulnerabilities (mainly manual testing ~90%, some automated testing ~10%)
- Strong experience in application security testing and secure code review.
- Hands-on experience with vulnerability scanners, static code analysers, and network sniffers.
- Knowledge of secure coding practices and how to detect vulnerabilities.
- Ability to work with global teams and deliver high quality work and standards
- Attention to detail, documentation, and communication skills.
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