Penetration Tester

9 hours ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia YNOT Consulting Services Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

*Must have Australian Citizenship with NV1 Clearance*

*Contract period - 12 months + 2*12 months

*ACT, VIC based role*

Our client has a requirement to fill the role of 
Lead Penetration Tester.

Penetration Testers analyse IT systems to determine configuration weaknesses and faults that would impact on security and business then produce reports detailing the findings and recommendations for improved network security.

Candidates must be willing to undergo Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA). The OSA requires a psychological assessment, which involves a questionnaire and an interview. Before submitting an application for this role, the candidate should consider their preparedness for questions that may include the following topics: personal relationships, living circumstances, personal values, financial situation, physical and mental health history including substance use, and any civil and/or military record.

Candidates must have an NV1 Security Clearance. Client will not sponsor candidates to upgrade their security clearances in order to apply for the role.

Key duties and responsibilities

An EL1 equivalent Penetration Tester is required to identify vulnerabilities and assess weaknesses that may exist in the security controls protecting Australian Government web applications.

  • Assess Australian Government entities to determine the effectiveness of both prevention and detection security controls.
  • Execute tools to simulate well known adversary tradecraft to perform privilege escalation and lateral movement.
  • Identify weaknesses in common Microsoft technologies such as Active Directory.
  • Assess and identify vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs.
  • Development and automation of custom tools.

Response to Selection Criteria

Essential criteria-

1.Demonstrated minimum 5 years' experience in infrastructure and/or web application penetration testing.

2.Demonstrated experience with assessing environments and systems against the Australian government's Information Security Manual.

3.Demonstrated experience in assessing and exploiting common vulnerabilities found in enterprise networks and infrastructure (e.g. Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD).

4.Demonstrated experience in assessing, identifying and exploiting known and common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10) in web applications and supporting infrastructure.

Desirable criteria-

1.Possess professional certifications such as OCSP, GPEN, OSWA, GWAPT, OSWE, OSCE.

2.Experience with scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Javascript etc).

3.Experience in developing security tools across varying system architectures; exposure to testing enclaved networks and classified systems.

4.Demonstrated practical knowledge of web application penetration testing, including fuzzing, scripting, and application logic exploitation.


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