Stefanini North America and APAC
Stefanini North America and APAC is hiring: Penetration Tester in Atlanta
Stefanini North America and APAC, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30383
Overview
As a key member of our Internal Product Security Engineering team, you will lead penetration-testing engagements for high-scale web applications and APIs, validating security controls and uncovering exploitable weaknesses. In parallel, you will conduct structured threat-modeling workshops and security-design reviews for new features and services, managing each engagement from scoping to remediation follow-up in close partnership with engineering and cross-functional stakeholders. The insights you provide will drive prompt fixes and shape the organization's long-term security roadmap.
Responsibilities
- Penetration Testing: Plan, execute, and document manual and tool-assisted tests for enterprise-scale web apps and REST/GraphQL/gRPC APIs; demonstrate exploitation paths (auth / logic / data exposure) and develop proofs-of-concept; retest remediations and deliver clear, prioritized reports.
- Threat Modeling & Security Design Review: Facilitate formal and informal Threat Modeling using STRIDE-like frameworks or Attack-Tree sessions for new or significantly modified services; produce risk artefacts, recommend mitigations, and track closure of findings.
- Security Engineering & Advocacy: Champion secure-by-default patterns (least privilege, IaC hardening, SDL best practices) across the SDLC; contribute to internal security tooling and CI/CD guardrails.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 + years in product or application security engineering with hands-on web/API penetration-testing work.
- Expertise with a leading pentest platform (Burp Suite Pro, OWASP ZAP, Nuclei, etc.).
- Scripting/automation ability in Python, Go, or similar; quick at reading unfamiliar codebases.
- Practical experience with STRIDE or comparable threat-model frameworks.
- Familiarity with cloud-native environments (microservices, Kubernetes, serverless).
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- Offensive-security certifications (OSCP, OSWE, OSWA, BSCP).
- Secure-coding experience in languages such as: Java, Node.js, C#, Python, or Rust.
- Experience in security controls for cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Open-source contributions, bug-bounty recognitions, or CTF placements.
- Exposure to mobile or desktop application security.
- Knowledge of or interest in AI security controls and testing.
Personal Attributes
- Maintains professionalism under pressure.
- Self-driven and proactive.
- Thrives on complex challenges.
Seniority level
- Mid-Senior level
Employment type
- Contract
Job function
- Information Technology
Industries
- IT Services and IT Consulting
- Investment Banking, and Financial Services