Technical Cyber Security Consultant

Job Description

WithSecure delivers research-led cyber security to defend organizations, society and people from real-world attacks and build resilience into their approach. Our people are a mix of technical and creative experts – diverse, talented, and passionate people – working tirelessly to help us advance the industry with new ways of thinking. They lead their own development, in and out of the office. They call the shots when it comes to building a place to call home in our organization.

Our mission is to assist our clients in being more resilient tomorrow than what they are today. In order to achieve that mission, we need people that love breaking (into) stuff or investigate what happened during a cyber incident. In our Consulting unit you will be doing that and not only, as a Technical Cyber Security Consultant. You will use your knowledge and experience in partnering with our clients to continuously enhance their cyber resilience.

We are currently looking for security professionals to join our offensive team in Copenhagen, as Technical Cyber Security Consultants.

Key Responsibilities

• Performing high-end security testing (including penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and configuration reviews)
• The bulk of your work will consist of a mix of security assessments, web applications, mobile applications, infrastructure, and server deployments. Based on interest and skillset, code review, cloud assessments (across multiple providers), SOC assessments, purple team exercises, red team engagements and hardware hacking is also on the table
• Advising clients on complex security issues both verbally and in a written form
• Be an outstanding colleague!

What are we looking for?

To be good at what you do, you most likely have experience with in-depth expertise in some of the following areas:

• Penetration testing, application security assessments, security code reviews
• Strong UNIX, Linux, Windows and/or network security skills
• Cloud native and microservice architecture (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Cloud services (IaaS on AWS/GCP/Azure, SaaS such as M365)

Who you are:

• You are a motivated self-starter, with a high capacity for rapid learning
• You have a positive can-do attitude to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance team
• You have a strong ethical compass
• You have strong communication skills both in written and verbal English and the ability to present technical jargon in an understandable way

Bonus points

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Electronics, or similar, or equivalent life experience or training
• Electronics or RF hacking
• Flexibility to travel every now and then, time travelers preferred
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISA, GIAC, OSCP, OSEP or OSWE
• You run your own lab environment, experiment with existing tools, develop your own tool, contribute to FOSS projects, participate in industry and community events such as conferences, hackerspaces or CTFs

What will you get from us

• A competitive compensation package along with extra benefits to further strengthen your career and interests goes without saying
• Access to our state-of-the-art bespoke training platform
• Classroom-based learning sessions and opportunity to attend external training courses and security conferences
• Opportunities to push the industry forward through research using our blogs, talks, white papers and by competing at industry events

As part of the WithSecure Consulting team you will be working with some of the best technical security people in the world with a wide variety of passions and skills. We've been working years to acquire and retain highly skilled individuals. If you like helping people to secure their systems and challenge conventional wisdom, WithSecure Consulting has got your back.

See yourself here? Bring your best self and apply now!

A security background check will be conducted for the selected candidates