Hands-on application security consultant performing advanced, manual penetration testing and adversary simulation against products and APIs. Identify complex, chained vulnerabilities and attack paths, provide exploit analysis, and deliver remediation and hardening recommendations while partnering with engineering and product teams.
Job Summary
JD:
Advanced Penetration Tester (Product Security) / Threat Simulation:
We are looking for a highly skilled and hands on Application Security / Penetration Testing Specialist to drive advanced security validation initiatives focused on hardening key Assurance products.
The role involves simulating sophisticated attacker behaviors (beyond standard VAPT), identifying deep vulnerabilities, and strengthening the overall security posture of enterprise applications and platforms.
This is a niche requirement requiring strong expertise in advanced manual testing, product security, and attack simulation, working closely with engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
Core Technical Skills
JD:
Advanced Penetration Tester (Product Security) / Threat Simulation:
We are looking for a highly skilled and hands on Application Security / Penetration Testing Specialist to drive advanced security validation initiatives focused on hardening key Assurance products.
The role involves simulating sophisticated attacker behaviors (beyond standard VAPT), identifying deep vulnerabilities, and strengthening the overall security posture of enterprise applications and platforms.
This is a niche requirement requiring strong expertise in advanced manual testing, product security, and attack simulation, working closely with engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform advanced penetration testing on products, focusing on deep and complex vulnerabilities
- Simulate real world attack scenarios and multi step attack paths (beyond standard scans)
- Conduct manual testing (not tool driven), covering business logic, APIs, and product level weaknesses
- Analyze attack paths, exploit chains, and system behavior under simulated attack conditions
- Leverage existing tools, scripts, and internal frameworks to enhance detection and analysis
- Provide security hardening recommendations to product and engineering teams
- Work closely with Engineering and Product teams to communicate findings and risk impact
- Drive the initiative end to end in a hands on capacity
Core Technical Skills
- Strong experience in Application Security / Penetration Testing / Red Team exposure
- Expertise in manual testing (not just automated tools)
- Experience in:
- Business logic vulnerabilities
- API security
- Complex/chained attack scenarios
- Good understanding of attack techniques and adversary behavior (MITRE ATT&CK preferred)
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