We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Security Specialist with strong expertise in penetration testing and security incident management. The ideal candidate will take a proactive and reactive role in our cybersecurity operations identifying vulnerabilities through ethical hacking and leading the response to real-world security incidents.
Key Responsibilities:
• Conduct web, network, infrastructure, and application-level penetration tests.
• Perform red team exercises and simulated attacks to assess detection and response capabilities.
• Identify, exploit, and document vulnerabilities with detailed remediation recommendations.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to validate and verify remediation effectiveness.
• Maintain and improve automated vulnerability scanning and testing tools.
• Detect, analyze, and respond to security incidents in real time.
• Coordinate incident response efforts across cross-functional teams.
• Perform root cause analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery for incidents.
• Lead post-incident reviews and produce comprehensive incident reports.
• Continuously improve incident response playbooks, detection rules, and escalation workflows.
• Monitor logs and alerts from SIEM, IDS/IPS, and EDR tools.
• Analyze threat intelligence feeds to identify emerging attack vectors.
• Recommend and implement security configuration baselines across systems and networks.
• Support regular red-blue team exercises to test readiness and resilience.
Required Skills & Experience:
• 6 years of experience in penetration testing, SOC operations, or incident response.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Burp Suite, Metasploit, Nmap, Nessus, Wireshark, and Kali Linux.
• Proficiency in network protocols, operating systems (Windows, Linux), and scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Practical knowledge of SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar) and EDR solutions (e.g., CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint).
• Familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP, NIST 800-61, ISO 27035.
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