Technical Graduate Development Program - Penetration Tester

Job description

This vacancy is for a recent graduate to join HP Enterprise Security Services’ successful Threat and Vulnerability Management Team as an entry level pen tester. The team provides Penetration Testing services to a wide range of HP accounts and external customers and due to growth in our business we are looking to expand our team. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate a keen interest in this area of information security and satisfy our technical team that they have the right technical areas of expertise/interest. The successful candidate will have significant relevant knowledge, gained through education and research, and a hands-on technical attitude demonstrated by practical experience. The HP ESS team are mainly based in Milton Keynes and this role will initially be based there due to the training required to develop their skills. The successful candidate will already have or be prepared to apply for a UK security clearance. The successful candidate will be developed into a penetration tester with the expectation of achieving CHECK Team Member standard (via CREST Registered Tester or TIGER Qualified Tester) after approximately a year. The role will then involve frequent travel and some work out of hours. Further details on schemes of which HP ESS is a member can be found on CESG’s web-site for CHECK and the UK CREST website. Another relevant website is that of the Tiger Scheme.

Desired profile

Education and knowledge: • Penetration testing skills including the use of security assessment and hacker tools; e.g. Nessus, nmap, OpenVas, John the Ripper. • IT security knowledge. • TCP/IP networking. • Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems. • Web-based applications and services. • Development skills, preferably including one or more of C/C /C#, Python, Ruby, Perl, PHP, ASP, JSP, Java. • Familiarity with databases; e.g. MS-SQL, MySQL. • Understanding of common TCP/IP protocols; e.g. HTTP, SMTP, Telnet, FTP, SNMP. • Strong education in IT-related discipline. • Written and verbal communications skills.

About HP - Hewlett Packard

Hewlett-Packard, abrégé en HP, est une entreprise d’informatique créée par deux diplômés de l’université de Stanford, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, démarrée dans un garage en 1939. HP, qui fabriquait et vendait à l’origine des appareils électroniques (instruments d’essais et de mesure, notamment), s’est progressivement tourné vers l’informatique et les périphériques : ordinateurs, imprimantes, serveurs, scanners, appareils photo numériques, etc. Hewlett-Packard vend aussi bien aux professionnels qu’aux particuliers, et réalise un chiffre d’affaires annuel d’environ 125 milliards d'euros. L’entreprise produit près de la moitié des imprimantes vendues dans le monde, celles-ci étant à l’origine du quart de son CA.