Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
The elevator pitch:
You are the cool kid who gets paid to break into networks, systems, and applications legallyAlong the way, you may make use of any open-source penetration tools or you may design some of these tools yourselfYour work helps vmware to become more secure against potential cyber-attacks and has a significant impact on security risk to vmware and its customers.
What is the primary need, technical challenge, and/or problem you will be responsible for?
With our growth of technology offerings and cloud services footprint, we must increase penetration testing in order to discover existing vulnerabilities and logic flaws that may be hidden in vmware applications and infrastructuresYou will be part of the red team to conduct security tests, review findings, and suggest corrective actions with the concerned teams and management.
Success in the role: what are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?
You will assess and approve firewall change requests within sla
You will validate and provide risk assessment on security issues reported by external researchers within 48 hours
You will partner with team members to conduct a minimum of 5 penetration tests
You will provide remediation support on penetration test findings
What type of work will you be doing? what assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?
Perform security testing to identify weaknesses and countermeasures and providing timely assessment reports to key stakeholders
Conduct attack surface reviews and recommend layered defenses to prevent exploits, detect and intercept attacks, and discover threat agents
Perform complex security test data analysis in support of security vulnerability assessment processes, including root cause analysis
Monitor vulnerability disclosure mailing lists and threat intelligence feeds to identify and triage new threats and vulnerabilities targeting vmware
Serve as an escalation point on issues, dependencies, and risks related to security testing and vulnerability management.
What is the leadership like for this role? what is the structure and culture of the team like?
The hiring manager has 15 years’ experience in a variety of roles in information securityHe started his career as a software engineer from developing low-level device drivers to modern web applicationsHe then took his engineering background to the information security field where he focused on data loss prevention, vulnerability management, and penetration testing.
His management philosophy is about encouraging everyone on the team to be an independent thinker and working smart instead of working longCurrently, the red team is made up of 8 highly skilled pen testers who come from diverse technical backgrounds, but have a common passion for breaking into applications and systems before attackers do.
What are the benefits and perks of working at vmware?
You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits packageBelow are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com.
Employee stock purchase plan
Medical coverage, retirement, and parental leave plans for all family types
Generous time off programs
40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community
Rethink`s neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities
Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)
Healthy and local inspired snacks in all our on-site pantries
Category : engineering and technology
Subcategory: information security
Experience: new graduate
Full time/ part time: full time
Posted date: 2021-10-01
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