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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 ...

identity management, SSO integrations, certificates, and user lifecycle processes Operate and enhance security tooling covering monitoring, vulnerability management, endpoint security, and remediation Coordinate external penetration testing activities and security improvement programmes Maintain and develop AWS cloud infrastructure and supporting business systems Own backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity ...

identity, email, network, cloud, data and backup environments. Using techniques including breach and attack simulation, purple teaming, posture monitoring, attack surface management and detection testing to assess whether controls are deployed, configured correctly and operating effectively. Defining security control metrics and risk indicators, using evidence from control validation … major technology change. Shaping security architecture across AI and agentic technologies, zero trust and identity, Azure, AWS and GCP, DevSecOps and data security. Overseeing penetration testing and offensive assurance activity, working with CHECK or CREST-accredited providers and incorporating red and purple team activity into the wider assurance ...

Experience onboarding, configuring, tuning and reporting on SIEM solutions Threat intelligence experience Leadership and mentoring experience Commercial experience in security monitoring and/or penetration testing Solid understanding of operating systems, networking and infrastructure design System administration knowledge across one or more of Windows, Linux or Mac Ability ...

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 ...

certificates and user-life-cycle processes. Operate and improve security tooling, including monitoring, vulnerability management,endpoint security and remediation activities, while coordinating external penetration testing. Maintain and develop the company's AWS infrastructure, office networking, standalone research networks and supporting business IT systems, including VoIP and meeting room technology. ...

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 ...

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 ...

support research and development activities within the defence and security sector. Based in Filton, Bristol, the role will focus on defining, building, integrating, testing, assuring and releasing tactical edge gateway solutions for range extension and sensor integration across Line-of-Sight and Beyond-Line-of-Sight environments. This … month, full-time contract position requiring attendance on site. The role may also involve travel to customer locations for demonstrations, trials, testing and assurance activities, with potential overseas travel as the project develops. BPSS clearance with full Security Check (SC) clearance is required. Key Responsibilities: Act as the principal ...

Translate intelligence into recommendations for SOC and detection engineering teams. Support proactive threat hunting and incident investigations. Inform red team exercises and threat-led penetration testing. Identify attack paths, systemic risks and potential control weaknesses. Contribute to security improvement programmes. Collaborate with SOC, threat hunting and offensive security teams. … cybersecurity environment. Senior-level ownership of intelligence analysis and outcomes. Desirable Experience SOC, threat-hunting or detection engineering collaboration. Red team or threat-led penetration testing involvement. Knowledge of UK cyber resilience and operational risk expectations. Why Consider This Opportunity? The Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst will have ...

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 ...

application architecture, software development and/or infrastructure architecture. • Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences • Experience mentoring engineers and architects • Experience testing the security of software and infrastructure using appropriate security tools. • Experience with Continuous Security, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery techniques. • Experience of network security (e.g. … Defence/Healthcare Sector(s) • End-to-end security involvement, including governance, risk and compliance, operational security, supply chain security and secure user management. • Penetration testing qualifications (e.g. OSCP, CREST, TIGER or equivalent) • Experience leading security engineers and other junior members of staff • Involvement across the full security ...

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 ...

engagement lifecycle, from planning through to final reporting and replay activities. Essential Skills and Experience 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 areas: initial 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. Experience working within Defence, MOD or other high-assurance environments. Understanding of frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, CAF or NIST. Comfortable with ...

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 ...

planning and delivery of complex engineering and integration activities. Act as the principal day-to-day engineering focal point, coordinating design, development, integration, testing and technical documentation activity across various stakeholders. Translate prioritised user stories, use cases and acceptance criteria into proportionate technical tasks, solution options, development plans … materials, work instructions, user documentation and repeatable implementation patterns sufficient to reproduce an accepted solution. Plan, prepare and conduct integration, functional, performance and interoperability testing, including the capture and analysis of test evidence against agreed acceptance criteria. Identify, investigate and manage technical faults, integration constraints, risks, assumptions, dependencies ...

cyber security platforms, particularly systems processing millions of internet-facing assets. Background in internet-wide scanning, vulnerability intelligence, threat data pipelines or automated security testing platforms. Strong understanding of offensive security, adversary tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), and the development of security tooling. Experience leading teams across multiple international … developer productivity and tooling that improves engineering efficiency and reliability. Desirable Experience Additional experience that would be particularly valuable includes: Hands-on offensive security, penetration testing, exploit development or red teaming. Building AI-powered security products, autonomous agents or multi-stage LLM orchestration systems. Developing large-scale threat ...

Azure resources using Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates Support applications running in Azure App Services, Function Apps and other services Integrate tools for automated testing, code quality and security (e.g. SonarCloud, Snyk) Set up monitoring and incident response with Azure Monitor and Application Insights Manage secrets and access control … Understanding of Agile/Lean methodologies Familiar with tools for code quality and security A proactive and detail-oriented mindset Desirable: SaaS industry experience Penetration testing or security certification Experience using Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates Familiarity with blue/green and canary deployment strategies Benefits Competitive salary ...

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 ...

teams. Broad technical oversight of technical designs. Responsibility for software security posture including secure design and operating practices, 3rd party component reviews, oversight of penetration testing. Contribute to infrastructure decision-making and implementation (Azure resources). Contribute to development process (DevOps, source control strategies, TDD, etc). Contribute … technical approaches to software testing (not testing itself). Liaise with stakeholders at all levels to drive best-practice technical approaches to all relevant systems and solutions. Liaise with 3rd party vendors when required in order to resolve technical issues. 3rd or 4th line support for production issues. ...