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/CTM Penetration Tester Remote - With occasional travel to Manchester and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Rate - £785 per day Outside IR35 Must have Valid SC About the Role We are seeking an experienced CTL/CTM Penetration Tester to join a large Public Sector client delivering high-assurance security … complex infrastructure, cloud, containerised, and enterprise environments, helping clients identify vulnerabilities and strengthen their security posture. You will be responsible for leading and delivering penetration testing engagements while providing expert guidance, coaching, and technical leadership to colleagues and clients. Essential Requirements/Certifications Cyber Scheme Team Leader (CSTL ...

Principal Penetration Tester Location: Mainly remote, with occasional site visits (expenses paid) Duration: Initial 6-month contract, with a strong likelihood of extension IR35: Outside IR35 Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Principal Penetration Tester to lead and deliver complex penetration testing and security assessment … clients The successful candidate will provide hands-on technical expertise across infrastructure, cloud, applications, Kubernetes and hybrid environments, while also leading testing teams and mentoring junior consultants. Essential Requirements Cyber Scheme Team Leader (CSTL) or CREST Certified Tester (CCT) Principal UK Cyber Security Council Professional (PriCSP) Current Security Clearance ...

Team) to join a client on a short-term contract basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on security professional with strong penetration testing experience to support a variety of security assessment activities across enterprise systems and applications. Key Responsibilities Conduct penetration testing … technical reports and remediation recommendations Work closely with technical and project teams to improve security posture Support risk assessments and security assurance activities Ensure testing activities align with industry standards and best practices Essential Skills & Experience Demonstrable experience delivering penetration testing engagements Strong understanding of infrastructure, network ...

high-profile defence and government cybersecurity programmes. This is a hands-on offensive security role, focused on delivering sophisticated adversary simulation and threat-led penetration testing engagements. You'll work across complex environments, helping organisations identify weaknesses and improve their ability to defend against realistic cyber threats. … Responsibilities Plan and deliver red team operations, adversary emulation exercises and advanced penetration testing engagements. Execute offensive techniques including initial access, privilege escalation, lateral movement and persistence. Develop and maintain offensive tooling, payloads and command-and-control infrastructure. Apply techniques involving EDR evasion, operational security and exploitation across ...

security operating procedures (SyOPs) and awareness briefings. Implement and monitor physical, procedural, personnel and technical security controls. Coordinate third-party CHECK IT health checks, penetration testing and vulnerability assessments, including remediation activities. Review high-level and low-level designs (HLDs/LLDs), technical documentation and work instructions … security risk assessments and managing security controls using NIST frameworks. Understanding of Secure by Design principles and MOD assurance and compliance processes. Experience coordinating penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and remediation activities. Ability to assess technical designs and supporting documentation for security compliance. Strong stakeholder management, communication and technical ...

services environment. You'll own end-to-end delivery of strategic security programmes, including privileged access management (CyberArk), Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) and a penetration testing programme, while keeping everything aligned to regulatory requirements, risk frameworks and information security standards. What you'll do: Lead cyber security projects … flag risks and issues early, and manage mitigation and escalation Maintain governance artefacts: RAID logs, status reports, budget forecasts and steering committee materials Oversee testing, validation, deployment and handover to support Report clearly to stakeholders and senior management What you'll bring: 5+ years' project management experience in financial ...

Penetration Tester £600 - £700 A Day Outside IR35 6 Months Remote (Occasional Manchester travel) We are looking for a security cleared penetration tester to support a public sector customer to deliver high-assurance security testing. The role offers the opportunity to work on complex infrastructure, cloud, containerised … enterprise environments, helping clients identify vulnerabilities and strengthen their security posture. You will be responsible for leading and delivering penetration testing engagements while providing expert guidance, coaching, and technical leadership to colleagues and clients. Required experience: Strong Cloud Pen testing experience, ideally AWS Exposure to container tools ...

during a 12 month cover period. You will work with product teams, engineers and architects to identify and reduce security risk throughout design, development, testing and release. You will be the day-to-day application security contact for these domains, working within the wider Security Engineering function and escalating … configuration checks where relevant. Triage findings based on risk and context, explain remediation options, and work with engineering teams to verify fixes. Coordinate penetration testing and track material findings through remediation and retesting. Assess the security of SaaS platforms, external APIs and OEM integrations in collaboration with ...

What you'll do Carry out advanced manual penetration tests across web, mobile, infrastructure, cloud and Active Directory Run Red Team and assumed-breach engagements, as part of a team or on your own Review architecture and source code for security weaknesses Write clear technical reports and executive summaries … help build internal tools and methodologies Support pre-sales and occasionally work onsite with customers What you'll bring 5+ years of professional penetration testing experience, working independently Manual testing skills that go well beyond running automated tools Strong Windows, Unix and networking security knowledge Scripting ...

technical expertise throughout the engagement lifecycle, from planning through to final reporting and replay activities. Essential Experience delivering red team, adversary simulation or advanced penetration testing activities. Relevant certifications relating to red teaming. Strong technical skills in one or more of the following access, cloud exploitation, malware development … detection evasion, operational security, physical security testing or adversary emulation. Experience using scripting or development languages such as Python, C#, JavaScript, Go, Rust or similar. Ability to contribute technical leadership and provide direction during engagements. Strong analytical, communication and reporting skills. Willingness to travel to customer sites, generally Bristol ...

strengthen their security against sophisticated attackers. What youll be doing Red Team Operations: Plan and deliver threat-led security assessments, adversary emulation and advanced penetration testing engagements. Offensive Security: Apply specialist skills across areas such as initial access, cloud exploitation, malware development, detection evasion, operational security and adversary … clearance (Please do NOT apply if you do not hold this level of clearance) Proven experience delivering red team operations, adversary simulation or advanced penetration testing. Relevant red teaming or offensive security certifications. Strong technical expertise in at least one specialist area, such as initial access, cloud exploitation, malware ...

their security against sophisticated attackers. What you'll be doing Red Team Operations: Plan and deliver threat-led security assessments, adversary emulation and advanced penetration testing engagements. Offensive Security: Apply specialist skills across areas such as initial access, cloud exploitation, malware development, detection evasion, operational security and adversary … clearance (Please do NOT apply if you do not hold this level of clearance) Proven experience delivering red team operations, adversary simulation or advanced penetration testing. Relevant red teaming or offensive security certifications. Strong technical expertise in at least one specialist area, such as initial access, cloud exploitation, malware ...

risk assessments and supporting technical assurance documentation. Advise engineering teams on secure system architectures, platform hardening, operating systems, firmware and software security controls. Support penetration testing activities, analyse findings and develop appropriate remediation plans. Engage with customers, technical authorities and security stakeholders to demonstrate compliance with relevant defence ...

security architecture principles, including network segmentation, zones, and conduits. Experience defining and managing security requirements throughout the engineering lifecycle. Strong understanding of security testing methodologies and assurance practices. Ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Excellent communication skills with experience influencing customers, suppliers, and project … security requirements and standards. Review engineering and development artefacts to ensure compliance with security objectives. Define and support security verification and validation activities including penetration testing and security assessments. Identify vulnerabilities and support remediation activities across project lifecycles. Represent cyber security within technical governance forums, design reviews ...

Produce Security Management Plans, Security Cases, SOPs and wider assurance documentation. Advise engineering teams on secure product design, platform hardening and security controls. Support penetration testing, analyse findings and drive remediation. Liaise with internal and external security assurance authorities, including Defence stakeholders and the NCSC. Manage through-life … security including vulnerability, patch and obsolescence management. Support security activities across development, testing and manufacturing. Contribute to Product Security policies, processes and training. What We're Looking For Proven Product Security/Security Engineering experience within Defence, Aerospace, military or complex engineering environments. Active SC Clearance - essential. Strong understanding ...

Technology environment. The candidate shall be capable of technically specifying, leading, and consulting on Cyber Security related activities including architecture development, risk assessment, security testing and compiling assurance evidence against evolving industry standards. The Cyber Security Engineer will play a lead role across the whole delivery lifecycle from bidding … regarding product & solution security. Verification of implementation regarding security requirements (e.g., as part of system test, factory, or site acceptance test). Validation (e.g., penetration testing) to ensure that implementation fulfils security expectations of customers (e.g., to identify security vulnerabilities, and to evaluate the effectiveness of remediation measures ...

coordinating technical delivery teams Nice to have: Working knowledge of Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) Previous experience of working on Projects/Programmes with Penetration Testing remediation activities Immediate availability Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply ...

Leading the introduction of a Certificate Life cycle Management (CLM) capability, currently in its early project phase Managing governance and delivery oversight for ongoing penetration testing remediation activities Supporting the organisation's wider cybersecurity roadmap, including foundational security initiatives and future cloud-related programmes Working alongside an established ...

coding. Please note: this is an engineering role, not a cyber security role. If your background is mainly vulnerability management, threat detection, SOC or penetration testing, this won't be the right fit. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. ...

Team) to join a client on a short-term contract basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on security professional with strong penetration testing experience to support a variety of security assessment activities across click apply for full job details ...