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If you’re equally comfortable breaking into systems, explaining the business impact of what you find and helping clients strengthen their security posture, this could be your next opportunity. Cherry Bekaert’s Cybersecurity Services practice is seeking a Senior Penetration Tester & Cyber Compliance Consultant to lead sophisticated offensive-security engagements while contributing to cybersecurity risk, compliance and control-testing initiatives.
As a Senior Penetration Tester & Cyber Compliance Consultant, you will:
Lead end-to-end penetration testing engagements spanning external and internal networks, web applications, wireless, cloud and social-engineering environments, from scoping through reporting and remediation validation.
Identify and validate vulnerabilities through hands-on testing, applying methodologies and industry guidance including NIST SP 800-115 and OWASP, rather than relying solely on automated scanner results.
Turn technical findings into actionable business insights, developing evidence-based reports and prioritized remediation recommendations for technical teams, management and executives.
Serve as a trusted client-facing advisor, leading interviews, status meetings, technical readouts and report-delivery conversations while building strong client relationships.
Apply your technical expertise to cybersecurity compliance, evaluating technical and administrative controls and supporting readiness, gap and compliance engagements involving frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53/171, CMMC, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA/HITRUST, FFIEC and AICPA SOC 2.
Advance our penetration-testing capabilities by helping develop testing methodologies, automation, secure testing infrastructure and service offerings, including emerging areas such as adversarial AI and LLM testing.
Help develop the next generation of cybersecurity talent by coaching junior team members and reviewing testing documentation and reports, while managing scope, schedules, budgets and competing priorities across client engagements.
What you bring to the role:
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Systems, Computer Science, Management Information Systems or a related discipline
2+ years of relevant experience, including substantial penetration-testing experience with the ability to independently scope, execute and document engagements, including manual validation and exploitation beyond automated scanning
Demonstrated proficiency with Kali Linux and offensive-security tools such as Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, BloodHound, Impacket, Responder and Tenable Nessus
Working knowledge of Windows and Linux, Active Directory, TCP/IP networking, authentication protocols, web technologies, and cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS
Ability to translate complex vulnerabilities into clear, technically accurate reports and communicate findings effectively to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
Experience reviewing workpapers, mentoring team members and leading client-facing consulting engagements
Ability to travel based on client needs, generally not expected to exceed 25%
Additional, preferred qualifications:
OSCP, PNPT, GPEN, GWAPT, CRTO or a comparable hands-on penetration-testing…