Penetration Tester

Job Title

Penetration Tester

Job Summary

Espion seeks a suitable candidate for client facing roles who can provide consultancy to our clients under the direction of the Head of Consultancy, primarily in the following areas: network / infrastructure penetration testing and application penetration testing.

Working at Espion

Managing and securing corporate information is a dynamic, captivating, exciting and rewarding sector.  Espion is honoured to work with the finest experts in Information Governance, eDiscovery and R&D and is always looking for new talent.

If you think you’d excel in a culture that values collaboration, if you want to be part of the springboards from which so much innovation and improvement takes place, if you’d rise to the challenge of realising your highest potential, if you’d flourish in a culture where your insights are valued, then you will shine at Espion.

Our “Excellence through People” certification, achievement of “Company of the Year” in the 2013 ICT Excellence Awards and most recently winning an award for our submission in the category of “Best Planning of Learning and Development” in the NSAI annual Excellence in People Development Awards 2015, demonstrates our commitment to providing a vibrant, rewarding place to work for our staff who in return have helped us to achieve excellence as a company.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will primarily be working in the areas of:

• Application penetration testing
• Network & infrastructure penetration testing
• Secure application development lifecycle

You will be expected to have some experience in some or all of the above areas and will wish to further your career in this area.

Requirements

Candidates should ideally have up to three or more years’ experience in network and / or application penetration testing. An understanding or practical experience in the following shall be considered essential:

• Application penetration testing
• Network / infrastructure penetration testing
• OWASP
• BURP or equivalent
• Secure application development

CREST or OSCP/OSCE certifications or equivalent are preferable.

Candidates should hold a third level qualification in an IT related field. Successful candidates will be expected to complete relevant professional certifications on an on-going basis as part of Espion's continuing education programme. In-house training will also be provided by colleagues including senior consultants as required.

Candidates should be proactive, have the ability to take ownership, have a “can do” approach, have a goal of building customer value and the ability to react quickly and with a sense of urgency to requests, issues, emails or other events in a timely and flexible fashion along with the ability and understanding to provide client support if required.

Candidates must be articulate in both written and verbal communication, have a demonstrable experience working in a stand-alone role (specifically customer facing) and have a strong ability to produce well-written and well-presented reports/documentation in the English language.

This role is consultancy based, so candidates should have the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels and advise on best practice.

This position will require some travel within Ireland and may also require some European travel from time to time. Candidates must have a valid work visa.

Level

Junior/ Mid Level

Years of Experience

Up to 3 years’ relevant experience

Type

Permanent

Position

Full Time

Compensation

In line with market rates and experience

Location

Espion HQ, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18, Ireland

Contact Person

Aoife Stokes.  E-mail address: jobs@espiongroup.com