Penetration Tester

Join us as a Penetration Tester, to help protect our organisation and clients by identifying, validating, and clearly communicating security vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. This role sits within a collaborative security testing team and focuses on delivering high‑quality web, network, mobile, and client application assessments across a range of projects, while working closely with stakeholders to turn findings into meaningful action.
 

Key Skills:

• Holding a CREST qualification (or equivalent), or working towards one.
• Delivering end‑to‑end penetration testing across web, network, and mobile environments.
• Engaging with stakeholders, contributing to Statements of Work (SoW), and producing clear, actionable security reports.
   

Desirable Skills:

• Participation in the penetration testing or wider security community (for example bug hunting, Hack The Box, CTFs, or hackathons).
• Exposure to client or thick application testing and experience working to agreed project timelines.
• An interest in emerging areas such as AI security testing, and familiarity with scripting or programming (no specific languages required).

 

This role will be based in Knutsford or Manchester.

 

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.