Senior Ethical Hacker
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Senior Ethical Hacker performing penetration testing and mentoring for Packetlabs' Australian Security practice. Collaborating with global teams to ensure consistency in standards and methodologies.
Responsibilities:
- Owning the technical and cultural integration of the Australian security team into Packetlabs’ global practice
- Mentoring intermediate and junior pentesters locally
- Setting and enforcing documentation, workflow, and tooling standards used across regions
- Acting as a cultural and technical bridge between regions
- Participate in cross-region projects (you will not be siloed to “APAC-only” work)
- Communicate findings clearly in both written and verbal formats
- Contribute to shared documentation and knowledge bases
- Support structured handoffs across time zones when needed
- Your primary role is to perform penetration testing of web applications, mobile applications, thick clients, APIs, and infrastructure when ready.
- Develop detailed reports on findings and remediations for impactful findings.
- Mentor intermediate and junior pentesters
- Lead or co-lead internal knowledge-sharing sessions
Requirements:
- Solid working knowledge of programming languages, including C, C#, Python, Objective-C, Java, JavaScript, SQL, and frameworks like AngularJS.
- Familiarity with web services and data exchange formats such as XML, JSON, SOAP, REST, and AJAX.
- Understanding of AI/LLM weaknesses and flaws in applications.
- Extensive experience/expertise in using an attack proxy (e.g. Burp Suite)
- Preferred if you have 3 - 5 years of experience working in penetration testing and consulting
- A graduate of a post-secondary college or university degree program.
- Has at least two years of experience dealing with information security-related tasks.
- Has professional qualifications (one or more): OSCP, OSWE, BSCP. OSCP or Burp is mandatory for our organization.
Benefits:
- Strong emphasis on documentation and knowledge sharing
- Structured onboarding and buddy system
- Regular local meetups in Australia
- Periodic global in-person meetups with the broader team
- High autonomy paired with high accountability




















