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Role: Ethical Hacker

Contracting Authority: Government

Contract Length: 3 Months

Location: Hybrid - Bristol, London or Manchester

IR35: Inside

Pay Rate: £790 per day

Security Clearance: SC Clearance

An exciting opportunity has become available with our prestigious client who is a prominent government department. The client is seeking an experienced Ethical Hacker to join their welcoming team.

The Ethical Hacker Role:

• The Ethical Hacking team delivers penetration testing and red teaming capabilities for the government department

• Is responsible for simulating offensive cyber tools and techniques to identify and drive security improvements

• As a member of this team, you’ll work with others to build and deliver these core capabilities

• Deliver web application and infrastructure penetration tests of the government department’s IT and digital services

• Deliver endpoint build reviews of the government department’s enterprise IT

• Deliver cloud security configuration reviews (focusing on AWS) and infrastructure as code reviews (e.g. Terraform)

• Contribute to the delivery of new capabilities (e.g., “purple team” exercises working alongside the Cyber Defence team)

• Build and improve the tools, processes and training within the team to ensure quality tests and improve efficiency

• Implement automated and continuous penetration testing pipelines

• Contribute to the continual improvement and automation of the team’s reporting processes and data collection

The Ethical Hacker Will Need:

• Experience delivering security testing of web based services, cloud services and underlying infrastructure, looking for sophisticated attack vectors and recommending mitigations

• Recognised certifications (e.g., CRT, OSCP) in the field of penetration testing

• Good analytical skills to understand the implications of security threats

• Good verbal and written communication skills to ensure business and technical risks as clearly communicated

• Experience using penetration testing tools such as BurpSuite, Nmap and Metasploit

• Experience developing and/or reviewing source code

• Experience reviewing cloud infrastructure configurations and infrastructure as code

• It is also desirable that you have:

• Experience working within a software development team and environments with frequent change

• Experience of working with PCI environments

• Experience of working in an Agile environment as part of a multidisciplinary team

Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Interviews will take place next week, so please apply immediately to be considered for this exciting contract role or call Bangura Solutions to discuss this role further.