Summary
Fortinet is seeking a Senior Offensive Security Consultant for its FortiGuard Proactive Services team in Riyadh. The role leads Red Team and penetration testing engagements, assesses applications and other client environments, and reports findings with practical remediation recommendations. Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in a related field or 8–10+ years of attack and penetration testing experience, along with relevant offensive security certifications. The role also requires experience with offensive tools, scripting and development languages, Active Directory and Azure AD, and endpoint security controls.
The posting
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Responsibilities:
Customer Engagements: Collaborate with clients to understand their security needs and objectives. Lead and deliver Red Team and penetration testing engagements, ensuring high-quality results that align with customer expectations.
Red Team Operations: Plan and execute realistic and sophisticated Red Team operations to simulate advanced cyber threats. Mimic adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in client environments.
Penetration Testing: Conduct thorough penetration tests on client systems, networks, and applications. Provide actionable insights and recommendations for remediation based on identified vulnerabilities.
Technical Expertise: Demonstrate proficiency in a variety of offensive security tools and techniques. Stay current with industry trends, emerging threats, and advancements in offensive security methodologies.
Documentation and Reporting: Document all testing procedures, findings, and recommendations in clear and concise reports. Communicate technical details effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders as well as provide proactive guidance on improving an organization’s security posture.
Required Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills – English
- Experience developing and conducting red team and penetration testing engagements
- Experience performing application security assessments
- Public speaking experience at known security conferences is a plus
- Capable of performing assessments with common offensive toolsets as well as the ability to build custom tools and implants
- Solid knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Perl, PowerShell, Ruby
- Development experience using C, C++, .NET, Java, Go
- Solid understanding of Active Directory and Azure AD
- Experience carrying out vulnerability assessments, physical assessments, wireless assessments, and social engineering campaigns.
- Strong understanding of operating system internals and endpoint security controls such as EDR and various evasion techniques
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
Or 8 - 10+ years’ experience in Attack and Penetration testing roles
Certifications in offensive security such as CREST, OSCP, OSEP, GXPN, GRTP, etc.
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