Penetration Test Manager

Role: Penetration Test Manager opportunity!

Location: 3 days on-site in Crawley

I am currently recruiting for an industry leader that has recently made a multi-million-pound investment to have the best in class in cybersecurity function in their industry.

The Cyber Test Manager will be a pivotal role, overseeing multiple teams and ensuring a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity assurance. This role requires a strong leader with expertise in both technical and strategic aspects of cybersecurity, capable of driving improvements across various domains and ensuring robust protection of the organisation's assets.

There is an appetite for the person to grow this team to over 10 people with it currently only having 3-4 people in it. There will be a huge amount of autonomy to make important decisions.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and implement the cybersecurity assurance strategy, establishing clear policies and technical standards. Model best practices and track success using defined KPIs.
• Lead the cybersecurity technical assurance team, ensuring high-quality and timely services and deliverables. Continuously review performance, drive improvements, and optimise and automate cybersecurity assurance capabilities across various technologies and platforms.
• Ensure the IT infrastructure adheres to policies and technical standards, safeguarding company assets by driving remediation actions and countermeasures to address identified weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
• Set up and enhance a comprehensive red and purple team penetration testing program, aligning it with major threat information and industry cybersecurity intelligence.
• Establish and maintain a vulnerability management process to identify, assess, prioritise, and track remediation of security vulnerabilities and weaknesses in accordance with UKPN policy.
• Ensure that robust IT disaster recovery and business continuity strategies and plans are in place, with regular testing to verify their effectiveness.

Key Skills and Qualifications

Leadership and Management:

• Experience: in a leadership role within a Cybersecurity Assurance function or similar, such as Cybersecurity Integration or Engineering, with a focus on assurance testing techniques and methodologies.
• Team Management: Proven track record in leading a security team or function, with an emphasis on collaboration across partners with varying levels of technical security competency.

Educational Background:

• Professional Information Security certification by a recognised professional body such as Certified in Information Security Management (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), or CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+).

Technical Expertise:

• Cloud Security Posture Management: Advanced knowledge in managing and securing cloud environments.
• Vulnerability Management: In-depth understanding and experience in running comprehensive vulnerability management programs.
• Experience working knowledge of various security technologies.

Strategic and Operational Skills:

• Strategy Development: Experience in developing and implementing cybersecurity strategies that align with organisational goals and objectives.

Benefits:

-        Base salary to be discussed

-        Car allowance of 7K

-        10% pension from the business if you contribute 5%.

-        10% bonus (can go beyond this)

-        25 days holiday plus bank holiday

-        PMI