Penetration Tester (OSCP)
4square Recruitment Ltd
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
9 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 60KJob location
Remote
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Artificial Intelligence
Software System Penetration Testing
Red Team (Cyber Security)
Software Security
Operational Systems
Purple Team (Cyber Security)
Job description
- Deliver red team, purple team, and wider offensive security engagements.
- Conduct attack simulations, threat modelling, and targeted technical testing.
- Carry out occasional physical security assessments.
- Produce high-quality penetration testing and red team reports.
- Communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Support the development of offensive security services and internal methodologies.
- Contribute to R&D on tools, techniques, and emerging threats.
- Maintain a strong learning mindset and proactively grow technical capability.
Requirements
We're looking for a Penetration Tester / Red Team Consultant with 1-3 years' experience who thrives on variety, problem-solving, and continuous learning. You'll deliver offensive security assessments, red team operations, and threat-led simulations across a wide range of sectors, often on weekly, part-time client engagements., * 1-3 years' experience in penetration testing, red teaming, or offensive security.
- OSCP certification
- Strong understanding of operating systems, networks, and application security.
- Practical offensive security experience: exploitation, AD attacks, recon, tooling, etc.
- Solid documentation and reporting skills.
- Ability to articulate vulnerabilities, impact, and remediation confidently.
- Desirable: exposure to ISO/IEC 42001 or experience as an auditor in AI governance.
Benefits & conditions
- Annual £5,000 development fund per person
- Excellent retention, strong pay progression, and a supportive technical culture.
- Work on government, defence, space, and major corporate engagements.
- Remote-first working across UK/US/EU clients.
- Standard hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday.
- 20 days holiday.