Lead Penetration Tester

1 day ago

Canberra n Capital Territory, Australia Keane Consulting Pty Ltd Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

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ID:

LH-ASD-04898

Role

: Lead Penetration Tester

Skill Level:

EL1 Equivalent 

Client

: Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)

Location

: ACT/Vic

Start date

: ~23 March 2026

Contract Expiry

: 12 months + 2x12 month extensions

Clearance

: Minimum NV2

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Applications Close

: Please email your response to us by 8:00am Wednesday 5 November 2025. The role officially closes with the client 5:00pm Friday 7 November - please keep us informed of your intent and submission progress. Please note, some RFQ's restrict the number of candidates venders can submit requiring Keane to shortlist candidates. Where possible, please provide applications before the date listed in 
bold

above to allow time for this.

Job Description and Context.

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

  • 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.

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