Senior Security Consultant

7-9 years experience Full-time onsite Initial 1 year Location Muscat

The Senior Security Consultant will conduct penetration testing and security assessments for business projects and change requests deployed in pre-production and production environments. The consultant will assess applications, APIs, infrastructure, networks, containers and Kubernetes environments, identify vulnerabilities and security risks, recommend remediation, validate corrective actions and support compliance with banking security standards and regulatory requirements.

• Perform web, mobile, API, network, container and Kubernetes penetration testing
• Conduct Istio service mesh security assessments
• Review operating systems, databases, firewalls and network-device configurations
• Assess security architecture configurations, vulnerabilities and associated risks
• Conduct threat modelling, security assessments and risk workshops
• Coordinate internal and external penetration-testing vendors, including test planning, access coordination, findings validation, remediation tracking and retesting
• Support security tool proof-of-concept (POC) activities and evaluate their effectiveness
• Prepare technical assessment reports, executive summaries, risk ratings and remediation recommendations
• Engage with application development, infrastructure, cloud and Information Security teams
• Track remediation activities and validate closure of identified security findings

• Skill area
• Required expertise

• Grey-box penetration testing OWASP Top 10 SQL injection XSS CSRF SSRF IDOR authentication and session-management weaknesses business logic flaws

• Android and iOS penetration testing secure storage and communication certificate pinning reverse engineering root jailbreak detection OWASP Mobile Top 10

• API Gateway testing JWT authentication and authorisation rate limiting mTLS BOLA excessive data exposure and business logic bypass

• Cluster worker-node control-plane namespace and workload assessments RBAC privilege escalation container escape image security and hardening

• mTLS authentication and authorisation policies ingress egress gateways service-to-service security and observability

• Internal external network attacks firewalls load balancers exposed services ingress points cloud workloads and network devices

• Linux Windows database servers middleware firewalls ACLs VPNs IDS IPS network segmentation logging and administrative access

• Threat modelling vulnerability validation risk rating remediation recommendations risk workshops and reporting

• Scoping test planning access coordination findings validation remediation tracking retesting and reporting

Overall experience 79 years in cybersecurity penetration testing and security assessments Proven experience in Banking and Financial Services BFSI digital banking mobile banking and payment systems Exposure to SWIFT RTGS PCI DSS API security assessments and regulatory compliance reviews Hands-on experience with banking applications payment platforms digital banking systems and their business logic Experience in internal and external penetration testing security reporting risk workshops and POCs

• Graduate with following industry certifications are highly preferred OSCP Offensive Security Certified Professional OSEP Offensive Security Experienced Penetration Tester OSWE Offensive Security Web Expert CREST certifications CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISM Certified Information Security Manager CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional CCSK Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge GWAPT GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester GPEN GIAC Penetration Tester CKS Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist Equivalent relevant industry certifications
• Graduate with following industry certifications are highly preferred:
• OSCP Offensive Security Certified Professional
• OSEP Offensive Security Experienced Penetration Tester
• OSWE Offensive Security Web Expert
• CREST certifications
• CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• CISM Certified Information Security Manager
• CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional
• CCSK Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge
• GWAPT GIAC Web Application…