Penetration tester

Your day at NTT DATA

The Penetration Tester is a seasoned subject matter expert, responsible for assessing and evaluating the security posture of the company's information systems, networks, applications and infrastructure.

This role involves conducting rigorous penetration testing and ethical hacking activities to identify vulnerabilities and potential weaknesses for exploitation.

The Penetration Tester collaborates with cross functional teams and provides strategic security recommendations and assists in strengthening the company's overall cybersecurity defenses.

Key responsibilities :

• Plans, executes and manages complex penetration testing engagements on various IT assets, including networks, applications and databases.
• Conducts simulated cyber-attacks, including social engineering, to identify vulnerabilities and assesses the organization's resilience to cyber threats.
• Performs penetration tests against internal and external facing systems.
• Analyses and interprets penetration test results and provides detailed reports to relevant stakeholders.
• Provides input to improve the quality and effectiveness of tests in a highly scaled and global environment.
• Articulates complex technical risks through creation of reports and delivering presentations to key stakeholders.
• Works with Security Dev Ops teams to test the orchestration and automation processes and platforms, feed results into a testing program.
• Supports the assessment risk and the development and / or recommends appropriate mitigation countermeasures based on empirical testing.
• Provides comprehensive technical expertise with web, application and database vulnerability testing.
• Supports the development of the security automation framework and the implementation roadmap.
• Provides actionable security recommendations and mitigation strategies to address identified vulnerabilities.
• Ensures that penetration testing activities align with relevant industry standards, compliance regulations, and best practices.
• Contributes to any security awareness training and education programs to promote a culture of cybersecurity within the organization.
• Stays up to date with the latest cybersecurity threats, attack vectors, and defensive technologies to continuously improve testing methodologies.

To thrive in this role, you need to have :

Academic qualifications and certifications :

Required experience :