Associate Consultant - Application Security Penetration Testing | Remote UK
About Coalfire Coalfire is on a mission to make the world a safer place by solving our clients’ toughest cybersecurity challenges. We work at the cutting edge of technology to advise, assess, automate, and ultimately help companies navigate the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado with offices across the U.S. and U.K., and we support clients around the world. But that’s not who we are – that’s just what we do. We are thought leaders, consultants, and cybersecurity experts, but above all else, we are a team of passionate problem-solvers who are hungry to learn, grow, and make a difference. We’re looking for an Associate Consultant to support our UK based Threat and Vulnerability Management Pentesting Team. Coalfire Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM) is composed of highly specialized security testers and advisors with a passion for enhancing system security postures. Our team members actively participate in the information security community and have released toolsets, blog posts, and whitepapers. Our team members have presented at numerous industry conferences, including BlackHat, DefCon, ShmooCon, BlueHat, DerbyCon, 44CON, and numerous BSides, about offensive and defensive operations as well as the tools and capabilities we create and share. Come join an amazing technical security team who makes a difference in the information security industry and consistently pushes the limit of offensive and defensive security capabilities.Position Summary The Associate Consultant works closely with Project Managers, Delivery Directors, and other Delivery team members to lead engagements, assessing the security and compliance of various types of client applications and supporting infrastructure against regulatory and industry requirements and standards, as well as security best practice frameworks. The Associate Consultant is a technical leader with broad and deep technical skills, meeting the objectives of their engagements, collaborating with clients, mentoring teammates, and providing subject matter expertise across one or more technical domains. The Associate Consultant is a trusted advisor to clients, and through objective testing and results reporting, supports the client in making well-informed, risk-based decisions to improve overall security posture.
What You'll Do
- Working independently and collaboratively with a team to both lead and support
- Application Penetration Testing (Browser-based, API, Mobile, IoT)
- Threat Modeling
- Source Code Reviews
- Advise clients on technical security or compliance activities
- Manage priorities and tasks to achieve utilization targets
- Operate with professionalism both internally and with clients
- Ensure quality reports and services are delivered efficiently and on time
- Continue to develop professional skills with relevant industry specific certifications or training. Maintains strong depth of knowledge in the practice area
- Collaborate with project managers, quality management, sales and other delivery team members to drive customer satisfaction and meet project deliverables
- Escalate client and project-related issues to management in a timely manner to inform and engage the necessary resources to address the issue
- Contribute to thought leadership initiatives through blogs, conference speaking, and/or R&D functions
What You'll Bring
- Preferred: CREST Certified Infrastructure Tester or CREST Certified Web Application Tester
- Required: CREST Registered Penetration Tester or CREST Registered Security Analyst (Penetration Testing)
- Application penetration testing and assessment tradecraft and methodologies (including browser-based, API, thick client, and Mobile)
- Strong working knowledge of at least two programming or scripting languages
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical writing of assessment reports, presentations, and operating procedures
- Client-centric consulting with high level of collaboration
- Shows an aptitude for leadership both through practice maturation and by mentoring junior teammates.
- Strong understanding of security principles, policies, and industry best practices
- Strong understanding of various compliance frameworks (PCI DSS, FedRAMP, HIPAA, etc.)
- Experience in a consulting/professional services role
- Experience in Application Security and/or Software Development
- Experience testing against one or more IT security compliance frameworks, such as PCI, FISMA, HIPAA, FEDRAMP, or HITRUST
- Familiarity with Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publications, and PTES (Penetration Testing Execution Standard)
- Ability to travel up to 10% (potentially & during normal circumstances)
Bonus Points
- Software development/engineering
- Cloud Service penetration testing tradecraft and methodologies across multiple service providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, etc.).
- Mobile platform penetration testing tradecraft and methodologies across both widely-used platforms (iOS and Android).
- Network/host-based penetration testing tradecraft and methodologies.
- Cloud Service penetration testing specifically against AWS and GCP services
- Mobile device and application penetration testing on both iOS and Android platforms
- Red/Purple team operations