Cyber - Attack & Penetration Testing - Manager - Consulting

Location:

Houston

Other locations:
Anywhere in Country

Location:

Anywhere in Country

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Cyber threats, social media, artificial intelligence, privacy requirements, and continuity of the business as usual require heavy information security measures. As a Manager in the Attack & Penetration Testing team, you will lead sophisticated offensive security operations that contribute to our client’s resilience against the latest cyber‑attacks.

As a Manager on the Attack and Penetration Testing team, your key responsibilities would include identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities to enteprise environments. You role would involve leading technical teams in conducting penetration testing, red team, and purple team exercises using industry frameworks and techniques and applying that analysis to inform and enhance other areas of cybersecurity. You would oversee teams’ delivery of offensive security engagements and ensure collaboration with other security and business teams is productive and valuable.

You will be responsible for ensuring delivery of clear, concise, and actionable reports and support to both technical and executive audiences. Furthermore, as a manager, you would play a pivotal role in mentoring senior and junior analysts, setting and advancing a collaborative and trust‑based culture, and bringing new ideas to enhance the team’s skillsets and capabilities. In addition to these responsibilities, you would be expected to stay abreast of the latest cyber threat trends and technologies, representing EY and the team in high‑visibility industry groups, conferences, and events.

• The ability to communicate complex technical security concepts effectively and professionally both verbally and in written form when interacting with clients,
• senior leaders, technical teams, support staff, vendors, and business partners in both technical and non‑technical terms.
• The ability to engage with clients by listening to and understanding their needs.
• The ability to recognize when to escalat risks, issues, and opportunities to enhance service delivery and increase revenue to appropriate client and EY leadership.
• The ability to manage the creation, review, and delivery of high‑quality work products, client reports, and presentations.
• Adherence to service quality standards and program management requirements.
• The ability to work collaboratively in a cross‑functional team environment that is culturally diverse and with geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to process complex information and present it in a clear and understandable manner.
• Plan and execute penetration testing projects such as internet, intranet, wireless, web application, cloud, social engineering physical penetration testing.
• Develop and execute red team scenarios to highlight gaps impacting organizations security postures.
• Ability to work both independently as well as lead a team of technical testers on penetration testing and red team engagements.
• Lead and mentor a team of penetration testers by providing guidance, technical leadership, and support to foster their professional growth.
• Stay current with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, exploitation techniques and industry best practices.
• Perform in‑depth analysis of penetration testing results and create report that describes findings, exploitation procedures, associated risks and actionable recommendations.
• Manage and execute penetration…