Lead Penetration Tester

Join
Vertical Scope Group's
(VSG) Professional Services Division in
Canberra
or Victoria
as we are seeking driven, highly skilled and competent
, NV2(min) Lead Penetration Testers
to join our award-winning team in supporting our Defence and National Intelligence Community customers.

About You:

• Demonstrated minimum 5 years' experience in infrastructure and/or web application penetration testing.
• Demonstrated experience with assessing environments and systems against the Australian government's Information Security Manual.
• Demonstrated experience in assessing and exploiting common vulnerabilities found in enterprise networks and infrastructure (e.g. Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD).
• Demonstrated experience in assessing, identifying and exploiting known and common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10) in web applications and supporting infrastructure.
• Possess professional certifications such as OCSP, GPEN, OSWA, GWAPT, OSWE, OSCE. (Desirable)
• Experience with scripting languages PowerShell, Python, Javascript etc (Desirable)
• Experience in developing security tools across varying system architectures; exposure to testing enclaved networks and classified systems (Desirable)
• Demonstrated practical knowledge of web application penetration testing, including fuzzing, scripting, and application logic exploitation (Desirable)

About the Role:

• 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.

About Us:

Why work for Vertical Scope Group?

Vertical Scope Group are an award winning, security cleared, ICT and cyber specialist with over a decade's worth of experience providing end-to-end consulting, professional services and recruitment services nation wide to Australian Government and industry.

We are searching for exceptional consultants to join us in providing capability to multiple government panels and global supply chains including the ICT Provider Arrangement (ICTPA), NSW TAS SCN0012 – Talent Acquisition Scheme, Defence, Science and Technology Group (DSTG), BuyICT, People Panel (all categories, all locations, APS1- SES Band3, and Board Placements)

We are proudly 100% Australian owned and run, possess a Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) Level 3 membership, and have won multiple peak body awards including the Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association (RCSA)'s 2021 'Excellence in Social Purpose', RCSA's 2022 'Excellence in Client Services', and the 2022 Prime Minister's Veteran Employment Award for 'Excellence in Supporting Veteran and/or Partner Employment' for VSG's WorkPath Australia Training and Employment Program.

We invite you to contact us for a confidential discussion around your career and to learn how we can work together.

We offer our permanent consultants a list of perks that range from:

• Birthday day off
• Additional Superannuation Contribution
• Annual Company Conference
• Paid for attendance at award and industry events
• Generous Defence Leave
• Part-time, remote, flexible work options (when available)
• Attractive salaries
• Fortnightly payments
• Diverse programs to work on
• Professional upskilling with RTO partners including budget for commercial qualifications

We believe people are our greatest asset, and we will work with and support you throughout your career.

If you are security cleared and would like to discuss other security cleared opportunities available to you, please also apply and a dedicated consultant will contact you to advise.

If you want to join a trusted, reputable, expert consulting firm, and work on exciting defence and security programs, apply here

Vertical Scope Group encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.

Apply now by submitting your CV and or cover letter and a dedicated recruitment consultant will be in touch.

Know someone who is suitable for this role? VSG have a $1,000 referral program Head over to our website for further details:

• Referrals warmly welcomed and rewarded