Security Consultant - Penetration Testing

Product Transformation Centre is responsible for ensuring that IBM products are secure by conducting timely Security reviews, penetration testing and following SPbD practices. As a penetration tester you will perform security testing of IBM product and SAAS offerings in development and production environment. You will also closely work with IBM product development teams to strengthen the security posture of their products by participating in threat model, source code security testing and share best practices / lessons learnt for secure coding/design.Key responsibilities Plan the penetration test Select, design and create appropriate tools for testing Perform the penetration test on computer systems, networks, web-based and mobile applications Document your methodologies, findings Gather the data intelligence not only from the output of the automated penetration tools but also from information gathered from interaction with product teams , previous results , threat model and source code scanning inputs. Review your findings and feedback to development teams Analyse the outcomes and make recommendations for security improvements Carry out application, network, systems and infrastructure penetration tests Review physical security and perform social engineering tests where appropriate Evaluate and select from a range of penetration testing tools Keep up to date with latest testing and ethical hacking methods Deploy the testing methodology and collect data Report on findings to a range of stakeholders Make suggestions for security improvements Enhance existing methodology material