Penetration Tester#CFC_Prague
Accenture • Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
**Role & seniority: ** Penetration Tester (hands-on), Security Assessments team — Prague Cyber Fusion Center
**Stack/tools (explicit/implicit): **
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Penetration testing across applications, infrastructure, cloud, hardware
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Security assessments including source code reviews, social engineering, adversary simulations
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Review of web apps, web APIs, mobile apps, thick clients, SaaS
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Security principles/techniques, network protocols; specific tool stack not listed
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Top 3 responsibilities:
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Conduct penetration tests across varied scope (from small environments to enterprise systems/infrastructure)
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Perform/participate in security assessments: vulnerability assessments, source code reviews, social engineering, adversary simulations, cloud/AI security
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Review and support security solution requirements; perform security reviews of design, code, deployments and drive improvements to assessment methodology/materials
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Must-have skills:
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IT security experience, preferably application + infrastructure testing
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Solid knowledge of security principles/techniques and network protocols
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Analytical problem-solving ability; willingness to learn
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English communication (written/oral)
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Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical discipline (preferred)
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Nice-to-haves:
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Certifications (e.g., Offensive Security, CREST, SANS, ISC2, or related)
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Application development and secure SDLC understa
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Full Description
Role Summary
We are currently looking for keen Penetration Tester, who would join our Security Assessments team in Prague Cyber Fusion Center. Our team helps our global clients to protect their value by performing hundreds of vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, source code reviews, social engineering campaigns and adversary simulations per year. Discovered vulnerabilities along with our advice helps our clients to harden their environment against attacks and increases business resilience. Penetration tester focuses on security assessments of all kinds of applications, infrastructure, hardware and so on. This is a hands-on role, requiring technical skills ranging from the hardware to the application layer.
Responsibilities
Perform penetration tests of different areas varying from small applications or environments to huge and complicated enterprise systems or infrastructure Possible participating on vulnerability assessments, source code reviews, social engineering campaigns, adversary simulations, cloud security or AI Security Review and define requirements for information security solutions Perform security reviews of application designs, source code and deployments as required, covering all types of applications (web application, web APIs, mobile applications, thick client applications, SaaS) Work on improvements for provided security services, including the continuous enhancement of existing methodology material and supporting assets.
Requirements
Bachelor degree or higher, technical discipline preferred Experience in IT Security, preferably with exposure to application and infrastructure security testing Knowledge of Security principles, techniques and technologies Good understanding of network protocols, design and operations Strong analytical skills and efficient problem solving Willingness to learn Good English communication skills (written and oral)
Nice To Have Skills
Certifications from Offensive Security, CREST, SANS, ISC2 or other information security related certifications Application development background and security knowledge Good understanding of the components of a secure software development life cycle Vulnerability analysis and reverse engineering skills
