Cyber - Attack & Penetration Testing - Manager - Consulting

Location: Anywhere in Country

About the role

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Responsibilities

• Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities to enterprise environments.
• Lead technical teams in conducting penetration testing, red team, and purple team exercises using industry frameworks and techniques.
• Apply analysis to inform and enhance other areas of cybersecurity.
• Oversee teams’ delivery of offensive security engagements and ensure collaboration with other security and business teams is productive and valuable.
• Ensure delivery of clear, concise, and actionable reports and support to both technical and executive audiences.
• Mentor senior and junior analysts, set and advance a collaborative and trust‑based culture, and bring new ideas to enhance the team’s skillsets and capabilities.
• Stay abreast of the latest cyber threat trends and technologies, representing EY and the team in high‑visibility industry groups, conferences, and events.

Skills

• Communicate complex technical security concepts effectively and professionally both verbally and in written form with clients, senior leaders, technical teams, support staff, vendors, and business partners in technical and non‑technical terms.
• Engage with clients by listening to and understanding their needs.
• Recognize when to escalate risks, issues, and opportunities to enhance service delivery and increase revenue to appropriate client and EY leadership.
• Manage the creation, review, and delivery of high‑quality work products, client reports, and presentations.
• Adhere to service quality standards and program management requirements.
• Work collaboratively in a cross‑functional, culturally diverse team environment with geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; process complex information and present it clearly.
• Plan and execute penetration testing projects (internet, intranet, wireless, web application, cloud, social engineering, physical penetration testing).
• Develop and execute red team scenarios to highlight gaps impacting organizations’ security postures.
• Work independently and lead a team of technical testers on penetration testing and red team engagements.
• Lead and mentor a team of penetration testers by providing guidance, technical leadership, and support to foster their professional growth.
• Stay current with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, exploitation techniques and industry best practices.
• Perform in‑depth analysis of penetration testing results and create reports describing findings, exploitation procedures, associated risks and actionable recommendations.
• Manage and execute penetration testing projects using the established methodology, tools and adhering to agreed‑upon rules of engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering or a related major with a minimum of 6+ years of related work experience OR a Master’s degree and approximately 3‑4+ years of related work experience in penetration testing (including internet, intranet, web application, wireless, social engineering, Red Team, and Purple team assessments).
• Experience managing and executing penetration testing projects.
• Experience with manual attack and penetration testing.
• Experience establishing and managing Red Team or application penetration testing programs.
• Scripting/programming skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Java, Perl, etc.).
• Updated and familiarized with the latest exploits and security trends.
• Experience leading a technical team to conduct remote and on‑site penetration testing within defined rules of engagement.
• Proficient in overseeing multiple attack and penetration testing projects simultaneously while navigating strict deadlines.
• Familiarity performing network penetration testing in a stealth manner.