Consultant – Infrastructure Pentesting

1 Month ago • 2-5 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Attack & Penetration Consultant at Optiv, you will conduct complex security assessments, including vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and cloud assessments. You will work independently, as part of a team, and potentially as a team lead. Your responsibilities include using cutting-edge techniques to compromise clients, identifying vulnerabilities, and creating comprehensive reports with remediation strategies. You will also collaborate with other teams, contribute to the development of security assessment offerings, and present at industry conferences. This role requires a strong understanding of various network architectures, systems, and security tools, and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts.
Must have:
  • Perform Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Tests.
  • Experience in information security consulting services role.
  • Ability to combine multiple separate findings to execute complex attacks.
  • Familiarity with many different network architectures and systems.
  • Ability to create comprehensive assessment reports.
Good to have:
  • Certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, CRTP, CRTO and OSCE.
  • Passion for creating tools and automation.
  • Knowledge of programming and scripting for security tools.
  • Motivation to contribute to the infosec community.

Job Details

At Optiv, we’re on a mission to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We’re one of the fastest growing companies in a truly essential industry.

In your role at Optiv, you’ll be inspired by a team of the brightest business and technical minds in cybersecurity. We are passionate champions for our clients and know from experience that the best solution for our clients’ needs come from working hard together. As part of our team, your voice matters, and you will do important work that has impact, on people, businesses, and nations. Our industry and our company move fast, and you can be sure that you will always have room to learn and grow. We’re proud of our team and the important work we do to build confidence for a more connected world.

An Attack & Penetration Consultant is a highly skilled penetration tester proficient in both technical and soft skills, capable of performing complex assessments while maintaining a business focus and meeting client requirements. This position will work both independently, part of a team, and as team lead to perform Security Assessments including vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, cloud assessments, wireless security assessments, physical security assessments, and social engineering. An Attack & Penetration Consultant also contributes to the development and continuous improvement of the Security Assessment practice through various industry contributions and leading team initiatives.

Who we are looking for:

  • Able to solo deliver or act as "point" for complex projects.
  • Acts as technical escalation point to assist other consultants.
  • Leverage cutting-edge techniques, tools, and procedures (TTPs), to covertly compromise clients.
  • Leverage cloud-based assets to execute targeted assessments.
  • Creatively use identified vulnerabilities across a client’s entire security posture (logical, physical, social) to demonstrate meaningful risks to clients based on industry and business focus.
  • Create comprehensive assessment reports that clearly identify root cause and remediation strategies.
  • Interface with client personnel to gather information, clarify scope and investigate security controls.
  • Execute projects using established methodology, tools, and documentation.
  • Collaborate with other team members and practices to complete client projects and practice contributions.
  • Provide support in the ongoing development of security assessment offerings through tool creation and process improvement.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • Participate in industry conferences to include delivering presentations.

How you’ll make an impact:

  • 2 - 5 years of experience in performing Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration Tests, Wireless Security Assessments and/or Social Engineering to enterprise-level organizations.
  • Previous job experience in an information security consulting services role.
  • Certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, CRTP, CRTO and OSCE others are highly desired.
  • Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related area of study; or related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver projects using well-defined methodology across various security assessment disciplines including:
  • Ability to combine multiple separate findings to execute complex attacks.
  • Ability to manually validate vulnerabilities identified during assessments.
  • Ability to identify, describe and report vulnerabilities and standard remediation activities, to include clear demonstration of risk to clients through post-exploitation activities required.
  • Familiarity with many different network architectures, network services, system types, network devices, development platforms and software suites required (e.g., Linux, Windows, Cisco, Oracle, Active Directory, JBoss, .NET, etc.) required.
  • Familiarity with command and control (C2) frameworks, such as Cobalt Strike, Mythic, Covenant, etc.
  • Familiarity with evasive techniques for social engineering, C2, and post-exploitation.
  • Passion for creating tools and automation to make common tasks more efficient preferred.
  • Knowledge of programming and scripting for development of security tools preferred.
  • Motivation to contribute to the infosec community (speaking, publishing, tooling/research) preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to create comprehensive assessment reports required.
  • Must be able to work well with customers and self-manage through difficult situations, focus on client satisfaction.
  • Ability to convey complex technical security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences including executives required.
  • Ability to lead and mentor others; willingness to collaborate and share knowledge with team members required.
  • Proven ability to review and revise reports written by peers required.
  • Demonstrated effective time management skills, ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously and the ability to take on large and complex projects with little or no supervision required.

What you can expect from Optiv

  • A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups.
  • Work/life balance
  • Professional training resources
  • Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
  • Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
  • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

EEO Statement

Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age 40 and over, marital status, genetic information, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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We work alongside clients to manage cyber risk and equip them with perspectives and programs to accelerate business progress. Our real-world experience, deep vertical expertise and diverse teams enable us to face any challenge with confidence. We put you at the center of our unmatched ecosystem of people, products, partners and programs to design and implement agile solutions. Our adaptive approach continually assesses risk in the context of cyber and broader objectives to secure today's business and fortify it for the future.

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