Cybersecurity role profile

Hire a Penetration Testing Consultant

Offensive security with reproducible findings — depth plus clear remediation guidance

Our IT recruitment team combines IT executive search, specialist IT recruiters and scalable technology recruitment for security-critical hiring.

Penetration testers simulate attackers under rules: scope, windows and escalation. Methods align with PTES and OWASP Top 10 for web/APIs.

Evidence for boards and customers demands clean documentation; MITRE ATT&CK helps describe tactics.

Regulators (e.g. NIS2) may mandate cadence — without treating tests as a checkbox.

Hiring rewards OSCP/OSWE-class skills plus professional reporting and ethics.

Role profile

Find and prioritise vulnerabilities — enable remediation without needless test risk.

Scoping, execution, exploit-chain documentation, debrief, retest support.

1. Web/API

Injection, authorisation, SSRF, etc. aligned to OWASP ASVS maturity.

2. Infrastructure

Network and AD scenarios; safe handling of artefacts.

3. Reporting

Executive and technical reports; CVSS/risk prioritisation.

4. Purple collaboration

Joint exercises with SOC to improve detection.

Clear rules of engagement protect everyone — legally and operationally.

Offensive security sits high in security benchmarks; certs and references move bands.

High demand, limited senior capacity; ransomware increases external test pressure.

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We also fill roles in industrial IT recruitment — including OT/ICS security, manufacturing IT and industrial architecture.

We judge offensive testers on report quality, RoE discipline and retest outcomes — not exploit-tool fame.

Permanent, project bench or hybrid — scope and escalation paths agreed before sourcing.