Penetration Tester

When you join Verizon

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What you’ll be doing...

Verizon’s experienced penetration testers’ work with Fortune 500 customers to take various types of penetration testing assessments (network, wireless, application, etc.), acting as “ethical hackers” to evaluate the security of enterprise networks, applications, mobile devices, and data. Our penetration testers go beyond simply enumerating vulnerabilities, we assess them to understand the potential impact they pose our client’s business.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Exploit vulnerabilities and use what we find to help develop solutions that can secure the enterprise.
• Provide consulting services in the discipline of vulnerability assessments and penetration testing.
• Delivery and post-delivery support including delivery of specific vulnerability assessments and penetration testing.
• Source code review and report writing.

What we’re looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience.
• Experience working as a dedicated ethical hacker/pen testing experience.
• Highly technical with a deep knowledge of application security, mobile and network security.
• Knowledge of application security, source code review, mobile and network security.
• Knowledge of programming languages: Java, .NET, C., Python.
• Willingness to travel.

Even better if you have:

• A degree.
• Development and Sysadmin background.
• Good report writing skills and an ability to clearly articulate technical risk, coupled with an acute attention to detail.
• Experience with Static Analysis tools.
• Ability to deliver security projects on time and within budget.
• Strong work ethic, with demonstrated effective communication skills.
• Red Team experience.
• Offensive Security certifications or equivalent.
• Strong aptitude for understanding the landscape and business context in which application security consulting services are utilized.
• Knowledge of risk to help advising clients effectively.

Diversity & Inclusion

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