Penetration Tester

Location: Anywhere in Country

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The opportunity

Cyber threats, social media, artificial intelligence, privacy requirements, and continuity of the business as usual require heavy information security measures. As a Manager in the Attack & Penetration Testing team, you will lead sophisticated offensive security operations that contribute to our client’s resilience against the latest cyber-attacks.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Manager on the Attack and Penetration Testing team, your key responsibilities would include identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities to enterprise environments. Your role would involve leading technical teams in conducting penetration testing, red team, and purple team exercises using industry frameworks and techniques and applying that analysis to inform and enhance other areas of cybersecurity. You would oversee teams’ delivery of offensive security engagements and ensure collaboration with other security and business teams is productive and valuable. You will be responsible for ensuring delivery of clear, concise, and actionable reports and support to both technical and executive audiences. Furthermore, as a manager, you would play a pivotal role in mentoring senior and junior analysts, setting and advancing a collaborative and trust‑based culture, and bringing new ideas to enhance the team’s skillsets and capabilities. In addition to these responsibilities, you would be expected to stay abreast of the latest cyber‑threat trends and technologies, representing EY and the team in high‑visibility industry groups, conferences, and events.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• The ability to communicate complex technical security concepts effectively and professionally both verbally and in written form when interacting with clients, senior leaders, technical teams, support staff, vendors, and business partners in both technical and non‑technical terms.
• The ability to engage with clients by listening to and understanding their needs.
• The ability to recognize when to elevate risks, issues, and opportunities to enhance service delivery and increase revenue to appropriate client and EY leadership.
• The ability to manage the creation, review, and delivery of high‑quality work products, client reports, and presentations.
• Adherence to service quality standards and program management requirements.
• The ability to work collaboratively in a cross‑functional team environment that is culturally diverse and with geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to process complex information and present it in a clear and understandable manner.
• Plan and execute penetration testing projects such as internet, intranet, wireless, web application, cloud, social engineering, physical penetration testing.
• Develop and execute red team scenarios to highlight gaps impacting organizations security postures.
• Ability to work both independently as well as lead a team of technical testers on penetration testing and red team engagements.
• Lead and mentor a team of penetration testers by providing guidance, technical leadership, and support to foster their professional growth.
• Stay current with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, exploitation techniques and industry best practices.
• Perform in‑depth analysis of penetration testing results and create report that describes findings, exploitation procedures, associated risks and actionable recommendations.
• Manage and execute penetration testing projects using the established methodology, tools and adhering to agreed‑upon rules of engagement.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering or a related major with a minimum of 6+ years of related work experience or a Master’s degree and approximately 3‑4+ years of related work experience in penetration testing which includes internet, intranet, web application penetration tests, wireless, social engineering, Red Team, and Purple team assessments.
• Experience in managing and executing penetration testing projects.
• Experience with manual attack and penetration testing.
• Experience in establishing and managing Red Team or application penetration testing programs.
• Experience with scripting / programming skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Java, Perl etc).
• Updated and familiarised with the latest exploits and security trends.
• Experience to lead a technical team to conduct remote and on‑site penetration testing within defined rules of engagement.
• Proficient in overseeing multiple attack and penetration testing projects simultaneously while effectively navigating strict deadlines.
• Familiarity to perform network penetration testing in stealth manner.
• Any two of the following certifications: OSCP, OSWP, GPEN, GWAPT, OSCE, OSEE, GXPN, CISSP, CISM, PMP, CREST Certified Simulated Attack Manager
• A driver’s license valid in the U.S.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally to meet client needs.

Estimated travel required up to 50%.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Knowledge of Windows, Linux, Unix, any other major operating systems.
• Familiarity with the latest exploits, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP), vulnerability remediation and security trends in Cloud implementations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and manage tight deadlines.
• Deep understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Engage with the security community through research, CVE disclosures, bug bounty recognition, open‑source contributions, blogging, publishing, and other related activities, including presenting research at prominent cybersecurity conferences.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP network protocols.
• Deep understanding and experience with various Active Directory attack techniques.
• Understanding of network security and popular attacks vectors.
• An understanding of web‑based application vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10).
• Experience in developing harnesses and agentic workflows for offensive security.

What We Look For

We are looking for top performers with a deep understanding of technological threats and the capacity to lead teams in a dynamic, client‑driven environment. Ideal candidates are adept at managing current challenges and anticipating future vulnerabilities within the cyber realm.

What We Offer You

At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture. Learn more at ey.com/us/careers.

• The salary range for this job is:
  • New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $173,900 to $290,100
  • Bay Area California offices – $181,200 to $302,100
  • All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento – $144,900 to $265,800
• Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

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