Penetration Tester

Responsibilities

• Performing penetration tests against internal and/or external environment of different organizations including web applications, microservices and mobile applications.
• Evaluating and attempting to bypass the organization’s current information security controls.
• Write reports including technical details, risk analysis and providing remediation recommendations for identified issues.
• Participate in project related meetings: information gathering, solution design, project checkpoints.
• Propose, examine and assist in the acquisition and development of suitable penetration testing tools to ensure the delivery of quality services to our business.
• Maintain an ongoing awareness of trends in penetration testing technology, as well as target environment technologies and regulatory requirements.
• Apply creative problem solving throughout a secure software development life cycle to continuously improve the effectiveness of the end-to-end process.
• Ideate. Test. Learn. Iterate. Bring a flexible, adaptive mindset, comfortable with ambiguity in a rapidly changing technology environment.
• Be a continuous learner, not only for your own career, but from teams’ successes and failures.
• Embrace open-source communities, both internally and externally, sharing your knowledge across your team and peers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• Holds relevant Information Security or related Certification such as OSCP, OSCE, CEH, GWAPT, GPEN, eWPT.
• Demonstrated experience (minimum 3 years) in performing hands-on penetration tests against external and internal networks, operating systems, web applications and more.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge of current vulnerabilities, exploits and tools.
• Experience in developing advanced attacking capabilities and methods.
• Extensive technical knowledge of security industry best practices and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience with security assessment frameworks and procedures, including following industry best practice methodologies for penetration testing and the ability to perform both manual and automated testing.
• Experience in researching evolving exploits, techniques, and tools in support of penetration testing efforts.
• Experience in developing security tools, using scripts and utilities to automate assessment and analysis activities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to write clear and concise assessment reports that include of findings, recommendations, road maps, and actionable plans.
• Exceptional customer service, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate and work closely with executives, peers and employees at all levels.
• Strong time management and organizational.
• High degree of integrity, competence, adaptability, resilience and initiative.
• Experience working in an international environment with people from multiple cultures preferred.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit .

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Working Arrangement

Hybrid