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Penetration Tester

ACM Resourcing are actively searching for a Penetration Tester to develop their career within a world class Information Security Specialist. The position in based in Reading but will consider a candidate with remote working but must be able attend the office at least 1 or 2 time a week.

The pen-tester role will be delivering day to day generic security projects for all our clients (such as web app, mobile, infra etc). Candidates will have experience of managing or delivering penetration style assessments to blue client / FTSE100 clients. Testers use their existing strong technical skills to assess IT solutions for vulnerabilities and exploitation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deliver a range of security consulting services to clients based in the UK and overseas, both remotely and on-site, as part of a team and as project leader.
• Develop existing Client relationships for the mutual benefit of and its customers.

• Delivery of general Security Assessment projects, including infrastructure, application and mobile security assessments.
• Security assessment of a variety of other environments, including wireless technologies, telephony, control systems, physical audits and social engineering.
• Candidates will become competent in working with infrastructure, technical tools, systems and methodologies to enable the delivery of quality client and internal deliverables.
• Develop and maintain expert knowledge of emerging technologies, legislation and standards in the IT security sector, and help shape the industry through active participation.
• Engage in pre-sales activities to increase market penetration into new clients and sectors.
• Enhance the reputation of within its Clients, together with the Information Security and wider technical communities.

Skills and Experience:

• 3 years minimum relevant experience in pentration testing.
• Knowledge of security assessment and audit tools, techniques and methodologies (aka penetration testing, ethical hacking).
• Good knowledge of network protocols and services (e.g. OSI model, IP networking, TCP/IP familiarity, HTTP, SMTP etc.).
• Working knowledge of a *NIX based operation system
• Basic programming experience (e.g. assembly, shell, scripting, 3GL, 5GL.)
• Understanding of cryptographic concepts and technologies.
• Experience of commercial and public domain security tools and software; Firewalls, IPS, content management, anti-malware etc
• Security Assessment & Audit experience.
• Proven record in successful delivery of penetration testing against infrastructure web-applications and mobile.
• Detailed cryptanalysis or cryptographic experience
• Strong project management and prioritisation skills.

Personal Attributes:

• Effective communicator able to absorbs complex technical information and communicate effectively to different levels of technical and business audiences.
• Ability to work and learn within a team or independently.
• Ability to make considered, reasoned decisions, and use own initiative.
• Willingness and ability to travel to Europe, USA and Middle East.
• Strong prioritisation skills and ability to manage own workload.

If you feel that you would be a suitable candidate for this role, please contact Alan or, alternatively apply via this advert.