Payatu - Security Consultant - Red Team & Networking Solutions

Role Overview :

We are looking for a hands-on Security Consultant with strong red-team / penetration-testing expertise to perform advanced assessments across enterprise environments.

You will be responsible for identifying vulnerabilities, attempting controlled exploits, evaluating resilience, and helping our clients remediate weaknesses.

Your work will span Active Directory (on-prem, Azure AD), internal / external networks, wireless, file sharing systems, web applications, and more.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and execute advanced penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, and simulated attack scenarios to uncover security weaknesses in systems, networks, applications, and infrastructure.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of Active Directory environments (on-prem, Azure), including lateral movement, privilege escalation, persistence, and other AD exploitation techniques.
• Perform internal and external network penetration testing, wireless network security assessments, and evaluations of file sharing systems.
• Simulate threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to test the organizations resilience and to push its detection, prevention, and response capabilities.
• Plan and execute social engineering attacks (e., phishing, pretexting, baiting, tailgating) to test human and insider threat vectors.
• Perform web application security testing : OWASP Top 10, logic flaws, custom code reviews, exploitation, etc.
• Suggest optimum security improvements to application components, architectures, and configurations.
• Collect evidence, develop proof of concept exploits, and maintain detailed write ups of findings.
• Deliver clear, actionable reports (technical + non technical) with findings, risk evaluations, and remediation recommendations.
• Work closely with client teams (developers, QA, infrastructure, operations) to explain vulnerabilities and support remediation.
• Keep up to date with emerging threats, tools, exploits, and attack vectors; develop or customize tools, scripts, and techniques to enhance the red team / assessment capabilities.
• Occasionally mentor or provide guidance to more junior team members.

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