Lead Penetration Tester

Role Overview

The Lead Penetration Tester evaluates system security through offensive testing, vulnerability identification, and exploitation workflows. This role focuses on replicating adversary behavior, documenting findings clearly, and validating mitigation strategies.

What You’ll Do

• Conduct penetration tests across applications, networks, and cloud systems
• Identify vulnerabilities and validate exploitability
• Perform post-exploitation analysis and summarize impact
• Document findings with clear severity assessments and remediation guidance
• Validate defensive assumptions and detection logic
• Support recurring red-team and purple-team engagements

Must-Have

Strong background in offensive security or pentesting, experience with common exploitation frameworks, tools, and methodologies, and the ability to write clear, structured technical reports.

Nice-to-Have

Certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, OSEP, etc. are welcome but not required.

Key skills/competency

• Penetration Testing
• Offensive Security
• Vulnerability Analysis
• Exploitation
• Technical Reporting
• Cloud Security
• Red Team
• Purple Team
• Risk Assessment
• Mitigation Strategies