Accenture is a global professional services company providing technology and digital transformation services. The Cyber Security Penetration Tester will conduct hands-on security testing of web applications, APIs, and infrastructure, validate vulnerabilities, assess business impact, and provide remediation guidance. The role also involves reporting findings, supporting retesting, and contributing to team knowledge and tooling improvements.
Perform manual and tool-assisted testing of web applications, APIs and internal and external infrastructure
Identify, validate and safely exploit vulnerabilities within agreed rules of engagement, including authentication, authorisation, injection, business logic and misconfiguration issues
Help identify attack paths, including privilege escalation, and explain their business impact
Follow recognised methodologies, including OWASP (WSTG, API Security Top 10), PTES and CHECK/CREST standards
Help prepare for engagements by confirming scope, access and prerequisites with the engagement lead
Write clear, accurate reports with reproducible evidence, risk ratings and prioritised remediation advice
Support client remediation and carry out retests to confirm fixes are effective
Escalate critical findings promptly to the engagement lead and help explain their impact to stakeholders
Share knowledge with the team through peer review, tooling improvements and technical write-ups
Qualification
Required
Typically 1–2 years' commercial penetration testing experience across web applications, APIs and infrastructure
Good working knowledge of common web and API vulnerabilities, including the OWASP Top 10 and API Security Top 10
Practical experience with industry-standard tools such as Burp Suite, Nmap and Metasploit
Ability to validate findings, rule out false positives and capture reproducible evidence
Clear technical writing that explains risk and remediation in plain language
Preferred
Awareness of cloud security and configuration review in AWS, Azure or GCP
Some mobile application testing experience (iOS and/or Android)
Basic scripting (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell) to automate tasks or adapt tools
Understanding of cryptography and build/hardening standards
Sound understanding of networking, common protocols, and Windows and Linux security
Holds, or is working towards, a practitioner-level certification such as CREST CRT, Cyber Scheme CSTM, OSCP or PNPT
Benefits
Hybrid work with one day a month in the office
Mentoring and technical guidance from experienced testers and CHECK Team Leaders
A funded certification pathway, for example from CRT or CSTM through to CCT or CSTL
A broad mix of engagements to build experience across testing types
Dedicated time for training, research and lab work
Opportunities to contribute to internal tooling, methodology and innovation projects
Accenture is a professional services company that provides solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
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Founded in 1989
Dublin, Dublin, IRL
10001+ employees
https://www.accenture.com
Accenture is a professional services company that provides solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
