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Security Vulnerability & Penetration Testing Engineer’ - £80K - £100K - UK

Security Vulnerability & Penetration Testing Engineer’ - £80K - £100K - UK

Remote

United kingdom

£ 100,000 /year

Junior

Full Time

02-10-2025

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Skills

Penetration Testing Risk Management Ethical Hacking Wireshark Burp Suite

Job Specifications

Hawksworth are now recruiting for a 'Security Vulnerability and Penetration Testing Engineer' for a Permanent opportunity with a leading Law firm. Salary depending on suitability and experience, but the range is between PS80,000 and PS100,000 base salary.

Location: Belfast preferred. Alternatively Remote

Main responsibilities:

Perform security penetration testing of the Firm's systems, platforms, and applications
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the VAPT function
Serve as the system owner for common VAPT toolsets, platforms, and processes
Provide technical assessment reports that are easily understandable by the target audience and include practical and reasonable recommendations based upon sound risk management principles

Required skills and experience:

A Computer Science bachelor's degree or substantially equivalent experience
CISSP is required
GIAC GPEN or GWAPT is preferred
Offensive Security OSCP is required
Commanding knowledge of VAPT concepts and best practices, including the requirements for WhiteHat/ethical hacking
Extensive experience with common automated VAPT tools such as Nessus, Appscan, Burp Suite, Nipper, and Trustwave
Authoritative mastery of OWASP, CVE, general security controls, and other foundational topics, such as the latest application and operating system exploits
3 to 5 years of relevant experience in Web Application penetration testing or 2 years relevant experience plus 3+ years overall IT experience.
Can create/write report, articulate and explain technical findings to non-technical people.
CISP and Offensive Security OSP certifications are required
Experience in VAPT Tools such as VAPT tools such as Nessus, Appscan, Burp Suite, Nipper, and Trustwave and Expert in common attack tools and frameworks such as Wireshark, Kali, Metasploit.

If you have the above skills and experience and are looking for your next opportunity, please apply now!

Thank you.

About the Company

Hawksworth is a global search firm specialising in Data, Tech & Product, with offices in the UK and Australia. We were established in 2010 and proudly partner some of the most progressive tech and financial services companies in the market, providing contract, permanent and retained searches. Here are some of our clients: Allianz insurance, Crédit Agricole, Suncorp insurance, Chubb insurance, Canada Life / Pensions, Marsh McLennan - Insurance, McLaren, FNZ (Wealth FinTech), GBST (Wealth FinTech), Roboyo, SS&C/Blue Prism, T... Know more