At Avast, we strive to give everyone the power to explore our shared digital world freely and safely. Our team is working to help shape the digital world to be a freer, fairer and safer place through the application of science, technology and human ingenuity, and we are looking for people who share our passion to contribute to a better online world. Avast promotes a rich diversity of cultures, debates, and out-of-the-box thinking. Today, Avast is a FTSE 100 company that safeguards more than 435 million people worldwide, protecting their digital data, identity, and privacy.
Job Posting Title:
Penetration Tester
Job Description:
Your responsibilities:
- Perform penetration tests of our core networks and applications
- Identifying security risks and verify their proper eradication
- Developing testing scripts and procedures
- Assist in the creation and deployment of security tools, policies, and workflows
- Provide security guidance based on potential risks from an attacker's perspective.
Your skills:
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- Solid knowledge of some programming and/or scripting languages (preferably Python, Bash)
- Solid knowledge of operating systems and network protocols
- Strong ethics and understanding of ethics in business and information security
- Experience with TCP/IP stack, routing, firewalls, IDS/IPS, log analysis
- Experience with common attack techniques and vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, buffer overflow, privilege escalation, reverse shell
- Experience with security assessment tools like Metasploit, Burp suite, Nessus, Wireshark, Fiddler
- Written and spoken English at least on B2 level
- Willingness to learn new tricks
- Reverse engineering skills are a plus
- Network architecture skills are a plus.
We offer:
- An amazing and truly international work environment
- The chance to join a major global tech company
- Many opportunities for professional growth
- Quarterly bonus scheme
- Attractive pension & health insurance plan
- Training and conferences
- Unlimited Personal Time Off - because each of us needs enough time to relax
- Whole-life flexibility - we empower our people to choose where, when, and how they work.
Sounds exciting? We look forward to hearing from you.
Avast does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or HR team, even in a situation when the relevant candidate is employed by Avast.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Deadline for applications: 30.11.2021.
