Senior Consultant - Social Engineering in Stevenage

As a Senior Consultant with a focus on social engineering & physical penetration testing (black team), you will perform formal and comprehensive penetration testing assessments, including producing full written reports to appropriate standards and within agreed deadlines. In addition, you will support training, client pre‑engagement activities (including scoping and proposal drafting), researching vulnerabilities and maintaining process documentation.

Responsibilities

• Perform formal and comprehensive Social Engineering and other penetration testing assessments (i.e. Application and/or Infrastructure based assessments) where appropriate and required;
• Attend customer sites to deliver engagements where required (such as Physical Penetration Testing/Black Team engagements);
• Provide well‑written, concise, technical and non‑technical reports in English;
• Perform vulnerability assessments and provide findings with remediation actions;
• Support with various client pre‑engagement interactions, including scoping activities and proposal drafting;
• Manage and deliver penetration testing project activities within strict deadlines;
• Research Social Engineering trends, new attack vectors and technologies that may improve efficiencies when delivering these engagements;
• Develop and deliver in‑house training to the penetration testing team;
• Coach and mentor Graduate and Junior penetration testers;
• Act as lead tester on large or onsite penetration testing projects (including Physical Penetration Tests);
• Support the Marketing team with the development of content (including, but not limited to: Blogs, Social Media Posts, and Articles) to help raise the profile of Bulletproof's Penetration Testing and other services;
• Support the QA process to ensure high quality client reports are delivered in accordance with applicable Service Level Agreement (SLA);
• Any other appropriate job duties in line with the associated skill and experience of the post holder.

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven industry experience in Social Engineering and Physical Penetration Testing (Black Team);
• Deep knowledge of Social Engineering attack vectors relating to: Phishing (email), Vishing (phone calls), Physical Social engineering (in person during a Physical Penetration Test/Black Team);
• Strong knowledge of Social Engineering and Physical Penetration attack techniques such as: Lock picking, Card cloning, Elicitation, Disguise and Social Engineering scenario creation;
• Strong skills in Open Source Intelligence gathering – specifically targeting organisations and physical locations;
• Knowledge of the additional legal boundaries that are involved for Social Engineering attacks and Physical Site Engagements;
• Proven industry experience in infrastructure and/or application penetration testing;
• Deep knowledge of various Operating Systems and network principles;
• Strong understanding of OWASP, PTES and MITRE ATT&CK framework;
• Knowledge of how modern solutions are designed and deployed across different platforms;
• Ability to program or script in your preferred language;
• Relevant security qualifications (such as OSCP, CREST CRT, OSEP, CCT or relevant Social Engineering exams/training).

Nice to Have

• Deep knowledge of access card cloning techniques and involved technologies;
• Experience operating as part of or in conjunction with a Red Team;
• Strong knowledge of Wireless (WiFi) testing techniques and other Signals Intelligence;
• Good knowledge of SMShing attacks and supporting infrastructure.

Personal Attributes

• Excellent spoken and written communication skills with strong attention-to-detail and accuracy;
• A passion for security and networks;
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills with a can‑do attitude and the ability to think laterally;
• Self‑motivation with a commitment to continued development;
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team;
• Influencing and negotiation skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels;
• Willingness to learn.

Benefits

• Birthday holiday;
• Discounted Private Medical Insurance;
• Gym Membership;
• VITO days – X2 paid volunteer days;
• Enhanced Family Related Leave Pay;
• Standard Life Salary Sacrifice Pension;
• Social Events.

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