Senior Penetration Tester
Established in 1982, Bytes has grown rapidly and now employs over 600+ people across 5 locations in the UK and Ireland. Our turnover in Financial Year 2019 was in excess of £520M. We work with SME’s, corporates and public sector organisations to modernise and digitally transform their IT infrastructures.
We invest in our employees through on-going support, training and advice to help them achieve their career aspirations, rewarding success both financially and personally. There is opportunity to grow and move internally which can be seen through our long-standing employees who have developed existing and new skills to move into senior positions in the organisation leaving space for new team members to begin their journey.
Why Bytes?
- Over 600 staff (plans to double in size over the next 5 years)
- Operating from modern, hybrid working environments with offices in Leatherhead, Reading, London or Manchester
- Winners of an array of industry awards
- Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places to Work
- Excellent training and career prospects offered
- Fantastic office with gym, canteen, open plan, smart casual dress code, regular incentives and company events
- Supporters of 85+ charities with strong commitment to diversity and sustainability
POSITION DETAILS: |
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Position Title: |
Senior Penetration Tester |
Reports to (POSITION): |
Head of Penetration Testing |
Team: |
Assurance Testing |
Department: |
Cyber Consulting |
PURPOSE OF JOB:(OVERALL DESCRIPTION OF THE POST WITHIN THE TEAM AND ORGANISATION) |
Bytes are a CREST certified penetration testing organisation and have significant growth and expansion plans. This role is to join the assurance testing team working with Bytes customers across all aspects of penetration testing. We are seeking individuals that have both a broad range of skills or are focused on specific aspects of penetration testing and red teaming. The role is ideal for anyone that has been providing penetration testing and security consulting services to customers and is now looking for the next step up in their career, or just a great company / team to work with. The role will include delivering customer testing engagements and working on R&D projects, scoping customer engagements, completing statements of work, mentoring, training, and helping to develop new consulting services as well as increasing Bytes’ presence in thought leadership for penetration and assurance testing services. This role will shape the future of our customers technical security landscape. |
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MEASURES & GOALS(HOW WILL THE SUCCESS OF THE PERSON IN THIS POSITION BE MEASURED – WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED OUTPUTS) |
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OBJECTIVE |
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FREQUENCY |
Consulting delivery |
13 days per month |
Quarterly |
Quality output / attention to detail |
Feedback from QA team and customer engagements |
Quarterly |
Positive engagement with management, stakeholders, peers, and customers |
Feedback whether positive or negative from personnel engaged with |
Quarterly |
Positive engagement with team and demonstration of team skills |
Feedback from the team |
Quarterly |
Other details
- Job Family Employee
- Job Function Cyber Security
- Pay Type Salary
- United Kingdom