Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Cybersecurity & Privacy

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics will provide you the opportunity to solve our clients most critical business and data protection related challenges. You will be part of a growing team driving strategic programs, data analytics, innovation, deals, cyber resilency, response, and technical implementation activities. You will have access to not only the top Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics professionals at PwC, but at our clients and industry analysts across the globe.

The Cyber Penetration Testing (CPT2) team focuses on delivering threat actor simulation services, device or application assessments, and penetration tests. You will help clients understand the tangible risks they face from a variety of threat actors and what they target to include different postures, scenarios, or targeted assets. Working as a member of CPT2 also provides the opportunity to directly help clients enhance or tune their preventative, and detective controls on a proactive basis.

Our team focuses on assessment and recommendation services that blend deep technical manual tradecraft with targeted automation to simulate real threats to a client’s environments. As a part of this center of excellence, you will drive change at PwC’s clients by providing risk outside of the theoretical while contributing to the technical acumen of the practice and amplifying your own personal capabilities.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities and coach to help deliver results.Develop new ideas and propose innovative solutions to problems.Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from from current trends in business area.Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.Share relevant thought leadership.Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing others.Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality, diverse relationships.Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Description –Senior Associate, Cybersecurity (Penetration Testing)

Role: Penetration Testing –Senior Associate

Years of Experience: 4 to 8 years

Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science/Communications or related field from reputed Indian universities

Certification(s) Preferred: Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN), Certified as GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT).

Required Experience:

4-8 years of industry experience in Web and Mobile Application security assessmentFamiliarity with application security guidelines/requirements from OWASP, OSSTMM, NIST CSFExperience in security assessment activities within a client’s environment, emphasizing manual stealthy testing techniques using commercially / freely available offensive security tools and utilities built into operating systemsHands on experience on security testing tools, such as Burp Suite, Mimikatz, Cobalt Strike, PowerSploit, Metasploit, Nessus, Web Inspect or other tools included within the Kali Linux distributionShould have common programming and scripting skills such as Python, PowerShell, Ruby, Perl, Bash, JavaScript, or VBScriptMust have in-depth knowledge of modern web and mobile applications Good knowledge of security fundamentals, Networking protocols, TCP/IP stack, systems architecture, and operating systemsGood understanding of cloud technologies and its security best practices

Additional Qualifications:

Good to have experience in presenting at national and international security conferences/events

Required Communication, Presentations and General skills:

Excellent communication skills and executive presence that enable effective engagement with senior stakeholdersExcellent written skills, ability to interpret a security scenario & document a summaryParticipating actively in client discussions and meetings and communicating a broad range of potential add-on services based on identified weaknessesDemonstrates proven extensive abilities with leveraging creative thinking and problem-solving skills, individual initiativeCommunicating in an organized and knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats including delivering clear requests for information and communicating potential conflictsMust communicate consistently and drive objectives, relying on fact-based decisions about risk that optimize the trade-off between risk mitigation and business performanceGood presentation, project management, facilitation and delivery skills as well as strong analytical and problem-solving capabilitiesDevelop/Implement automation solutions and capabilities that are clearly aligned to client business, technology and threat postureDemonstrates ability to track developments and changes in the digital business and threat environments to ensure that they're adequately addressed in client’s security strategy plans and architecture artifacts

Professional and Educational Background

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred.

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Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Bash (Programming Language), Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Communication, Creativity, Cybersecurity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Encryption, Ethical Hacking, Firewall (Network Security), Inclusion, Information Security, Information Security Management System (ISMS), Information Security Risk Assessments, Intellectual Curiosity, Intrusion Detection System (IDS), IT Infrastructure, Kali Linux, Learning Agility, Microsoft Active Directory {+ 25 more}

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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