Principal Mobile SME (Penetration Testing )

What you will need to succeed in the role:

• At least 5 years of prior demonstrable hands-on experience in penetration testing or security research.
• Solid understanding of the platform security models for iOS and Android platforms.
• Excellent understanding of platform-specific security risks, common vulnerabilities for mobile applications, common risks in financial applications.
• Practical knowledge of penetration testing of widely understood infrastructure, web and mobile technologies, using manual and automated testing methods.
• Proven programming/scripting skills, ideally in Java/Kotlin/Objective C/Swift.
• Working knowledge of reverse engineering mobile apps.
• Ability to explain security functionality from first principles.
• Ability to adapt and apply known techniques to unfamiliar situations.

What additional skills will be good to have?

• Strong grasp of common technologies, protocols and architectures commonly used by mobile application. (HTML, XML, JavaScript, JSON, REST, Micro-services etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of common security analysis tools and testing techniques especially for the mobile security space.