Offensive Security Consultant
Posted 2 Oct 2026
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- Expected experience
- 3+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
Compensation
No salary listed for this role.
Role speciality
Offensive SecurityPenetration Testing
Useful technologies
Active DirectoryAWSBurp SuiteGoogle Cloud PlatformKali LinuxMetasploitMicrosoft AzureMITRE ATT&CKNessusNMAPOWASPPTESWindowsWireshark
Offensive Security Consultant, responsible for performing hands-on penetration tests and offensive security assessments for local and global clients.
The role includes a broad range of assessments, including white, grey, and black box testing across infrastructure, applications, and other relevant technology environments.
Educating clients on inherent security risks, providing meaningful hardening and mitigation strategies, and supporting engagements with local and global clients through clear communication, technical leadership, and high-quality deliverables.
Responsibilities:
- Perform hands-on offensive security assessments across a wide range of technologies and engagement types, including Red Team, Purple Team, external and internal network testing, web and mobile applications, thick client applications, web3 environments, and additional offensive security domains.
- Deliver end-to-end penetration testing engagements, including preparation, execution, documentation of findings, risk-based recommendations, and professional client-facing reporting.
- Collaborate with client technical teams to validate security gaps, explain findings clearly, support remediation discussions, and ensure practical, business-relevant security improvements.
- Participate in client meetings throughout the engagement lifecycle, including kickoff, scoping, technical walkthroughs, and final report presentation.
Requirements:
- At least 3 years hands-on experience in infrastructure, networking, systems administration, IT operations, or related technical infrastructure domains – Must.
- At least 1 year hands-on experience in Offensive Security, including application and/or infrastructure penetration testing – Must.
- Hands-on experience identifying and exploiting common security vulnerabilities across applications and infrastructure, such as SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting, authentication and authorization weaknesses, misconfigurations, insecure services, and other relevant attack vectors – Must.
- Experience with common penetration testing tools, including Burp Suite, Kali Linux, Nmap, Metasploit, Nessus, and Wireshark, and similar offensive security tools – Must.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document technical findings clearly, write professional assessment reports, and present risks and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders – Must.
- Self-motivated, responsible, and able to manage assigned testing activities independently while working effectively as part of a consulting team – Must.
- Familiarity with offensive security methodologies and frameworks such as OWASP, PTES, MITRE ATT&CK, or similar references – Significant Advantage.