Remote Senior Penetration Tester, Application Security (3 month contract)

Description:

• Wealthsimple is seeking a Senior Penetration Tester for a 3-month contract to enhance its cybersecurity posture.
• The role involves planning engagements, identifying security vulnerabilities, and collaborating with various teams to address these issues.
• Responsibilities include performing security assessments through detailed penetration tests on internal systems, web applications, and other software.
• The candidate will analyze vulnerabilities to determine their severity and provide actionable recommendations for improving application security and cloud environments.
• The position requires developing comprehensive reports that detail findings, methodologies, and insights for engineers and stakeholders.
• The role also involves sharing expertise with application security, vulnerability management, and engineering teams to implement solutions and enhance security.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in network and/or application penetration testing, with a proven ability to work cross-functionally with high-performing teams.
• Experience in performing boundary testing for PCI-DSS cardholder environments or equivalent is required.
• A strong technical understanding of networks, endpoints, identity, cloud, encryption, data protection, and application deployment stacks is necessary.
• Knowledge of standard penetration testing methodologies, including NIST SP 800-115, is essential.
• Familiarity with Ruby, React, GraphQL, and mobile application testing is preferred.
• AWS testing experience is preferred.
• Previous industry experience in Financial Services is preferred.
• A bachelor's degree or higher in cybersecurity, software engineering, or a related field is preferred.
• Relevant certifications such as Offensive Security Certified Professional/OSEP, CREST Registered Tester, or AWS Certified Security Specialty are preferred, but equivalent practical experience is highly valued.

Benefits:

• Wealthsimple offers a competitive salary.
• The company promotes a wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups, fostering an inclusive work environment.
• The position is remote-first, allowing employees to work from anywhere in Canada.
• Employees have the opportunity to be part of a Canadian success story and contribute to shaping the financial future of millions.