Junior penetration Tester

Client: Global Investment Bank

Role: Junior Penetration Tester

Location: London, Bank - 3 days in office.

Details: Initial 6 month contract, with guaranteed conversion to perm within that period.

Perm salary: up to £60k base + Bonus

Initial contract rate: TBC

Requirements:

• Develop, maintain, and govern Red Team operations, while providing training, coaching, and mentorship to Red Team members.
• Design and execute comprehensive penetration testing engagements, including network, web application, and social engineering assessments.
• Partner with the SOC and external security vendors to plan, coordinate, and deliver annual Purple Team exercises.
• Identify and validate security risks, vulnerabilities, and control gaps through adversary simulation activities, enabling the business to understand potential threats and impacts.
• Manage and optimize Red Team tooling and the Security Testing & Validation platform to support effective security assessments.
• Lead internal security professionals and third-party resources in conducting regular risk assessments across EMEA internal and external infrastructure, identifying vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exploitable weaknesses.
• Establish and maintain governance processes for assessment findings, tracking remediation progress and delivering regular reporting to both technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, application, and other technology teams to strengthen security controls, enhance defensive capabilities, and improve resilience against real-world cyber threats.