Senior Security Specialist / Penetration Tester

Overview

• Senior Security Specialist / Penetration Tester – Investment Management
• A globally renowned Investment Manager is making a rare Senior Cyber Security hire with excellent Penetration Testing experience into their UAE Head Office.
• They have opened an exceptionally rare opportunity to join the team responsible for identifying and securing their Web applications, APIs, cloud platforms and IT infrastructure.
• This is an incredible opportunity for a Senior Penetration tester to take on more responsibility in a role covering Penetration Testing, Security architecture and DevSecOps Engineering.
• It is a great fit for someone who wants to stay hands-on while moving into broader security architecture, secure design and automation.
• Your key responsibilities in this role will be:
• Advanced penetration testing across Web, APIs, Cloud and IT Infrastructure, including post-exploitation analysis, remediation validation and continuous improvement of testing methodologies.
• Contribute to secure architecture across cloud-native and on-premise environments, including threat modelling, zero trust controls, defence-in-depth design and security input into major system decisions.
• Embed security into engineering workflows by integrating SAST, DAST, SCA and IaC scanning into CI/CD pipelines, while developing scripts, tooling and automation to scale security testing and control validation.
• In order to be successful In this role, you will need:
• (ESSENTIAL) 7+ years’ commercial Penetration testing experience covering Web, APIs, Cloud and Infrastructure.
• Experience working with Financial Services or Professional Services organisations
• Strong scripting / automation experience, ideally ideally Python, PowerShell or similar.
• Experience and keen interest in applying AI to cybersecurity workflows
• Relevant offensive security certifications such as OSCP, OSWE and CRTO.
• If your experience is a strong match with the above, please apply with an up to date copy of your CV in the first instance