What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Consultant (Penetration Tester) position at Kivu Consulting?
Title: Sr. Consultant (Pen Tester)
Work Location: Remote
Reports To: Director of Advisory Services
Travel: Up to 20%
Business Hours: Mon-Fri
Summary:
Since 2009, Kivu has provided incident response, risk management, and forensics investigation services to clients around the globe. Kivu is well known in the cyber security industry for our high level of technical expertise and legally sound, practical business solutions. We are a leading provider of incident response and digital forensic services to the cyber insurance community in North America and Europe.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Experience with active pen testing is a must.
- Positive mental attitude with the ability to actively conduct hands-on testing to help our clients better secure their environment.
Preferred Requirements:
- OSCP certification not required but is a plus.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Performing penetration tests on web applications, internal and external networks, APIs, and mobile applications to identify security weaknesses.
- Performing tests of cloud environments to identify security weaknesses is a plus
- Performing tests of OT environments to identify security weaknesses is a plus
- Composing clear, concise, and actionable reports to both technical and non-technical clients, highlighting vulnerabilities, risks, and recommended mitigations.
- Developing new tools and techniques to exploit networks and systems.
- Developing new methods of EDR bypass and evasion
- Mentor and guide junior penetration testers, sharing expertise in best practices and advanced testing techniques.
Equipment Used:
All equipment required to perform duties and tasks were previously described.
Physical / Environmental Factors:
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Kivu Consulting considers applicants for all positions without regards to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, marital status, veteran or military status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Kivu Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Benefits:
- Flexible PTO
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- 401k
- Remote Work
Salary : $100,000