Job Summary<\/p>\n
Senior Application Security Engineer with extensive penetration testing skills to lead advanced security assessments across web, mobile, APIs, cloud-native environments and AI-driven autonomous penetration testing platforms.
\nThe ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with architecture awareness and hands-on experience deploying and integrating security testing solutions<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/p>\n
Advanced Penetration Testing<\/p>\n
\tConduct manual and automated penetration testing across:<\/p>\n
\t\tWeb applications
\n\t\tAPI (REST, GraphQL, SOAP)
\n\t\tMobile applications (iOS & Android)
\n\t\tCloud-native workloads and containerized environment
\n\t\tInfrastructure<\/p>\n
\tPerform black-box and white box testing
\n\tPerform business logic testing
\n\tValidate and exploit findings to demonstrate real business risk
\n\tConduct threat modeling and attack surface analysis<\/p>\n
\u00a0AI & Autonomous Pentesting<\/p>\n
\tDesign, operate and optimize AI-Driven autonomous pentesting platforms
\n\tTune LLM-Based testing agents and attack orchestration workflows
\n\tValidate AI generated findings and reduce false positives<\/p>\n
Reporting & Leadership<\/p>\n
\tProduce executive level reporting and technical reports
\n\tPresent findings to business, engineering and executive stakeholders
\n\tProvide remediation guidance with practical implementation advice
\n\tMentor junior testers
\n\tContribute to internal security standards and processes<\/p>\n
Required Skillsets<\/p>\n
Technical Skills<\/p>\n
\t5+ years of penetration testing experience
\n\tDeep knowledge of:<\/p>\n
\t\tOWASP Top 10 (Web, API)
\n\t\tBusiness Logic Exploitation
\n\t\tAuthentication and session management flows
\n\t\tSSRF, RCE, injection flaws<\/p>\n
\tExperience with AI assisted penetration testing tools
\n\tUnderstanding of LLM-based attacks, prompt injection risks, AI model abuse vectors<\/p>\n
Experience with tools such as:<\/p>\n
\tBurp Suite (Advance Usage)
\n\tNmap
\n\tNessus
\n\tMetasploit
\n\tSAT\/DAST tools
\n\tMobile testing tools (MobSF, Frida, Objection)<\/p>\n
Certifications (Preferred)<\/p>\n
\teJPT
\n\tCEH
\n\tOCSP
\n\tAI security (Advantageous)<\/p>\n
Soft Skills<\/p>\n
\tExcellent problem solving\u00a0and analytical\u00a0skills\u2011solving\u00a0and analytical\u00a0skills
\n\tAbility to translate technical risk into business impact
\n\tStrong communication\u00a0and collaboration\u00a0abilities
\n\tAbility to work independently\u00a0as well as contribute effectively within a team<\/p>\n
Education<\/p>\n
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)<\/p>\n
Apply Through:<\/p>\n
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