Penetration Testing Team Lead

️ Build the Offensive security function from the ground up: define methodologies, reporting standards, and the hiring plan for future team expansion. ️ Recruit, mentor, and develop the team of offensive security engineers, ensuring technical excellence and consistent delivery quality once hired. ️ Perform deep-dive manual penetration testing for complex, high-risk, or business-critical assets, focusing on realistic attack scenarios rather than high-volume "bug-bounty style" findings. ️ Lead and coordinate purple team exercises with the SOC/Blue Team, simulating real-world attacks to validate detection capabilities and tune SIEM/EDR rules. ️ Collaborate closely with the Application Security Team to validate vulnerabilities and guide effective remediation strategies. ️ Translate offensive findings into actionable threat intelligence, TTPs, and recommendations to enhance detection and threat hunting. ️ Act as a subject matter expert in security architecture discussions, secure design reviews, and security code reviews. ️ Stay current with emerging attack techniques, tools, and security trends, and ensure knowledge is shared within the engineering teams.

Areas of Ownership: ️ 0-to-1 establishment of the offensive security capabilities and team roadmap. ️ End-to-end ownership of penetration testing execution, quality, and reporting. ️ Identification of critical attack paths that threaten the company's core business products. ️ Delivery of TTPs and threat-hunting insights for purple team initiatives. ️ Effective cross-team collaboration with Application Security, Security Operations, and Engineering.

️ 5+ years of hands-on experience in Penetration Testing, including web, mobile, API, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). ️ Experience building offensive security processes, methodologies, or tools from scratch. ️ Strong "playing coach" mindset: willingness to remain highly hands-on (70-80%) while setting up the function. ️ Deep understanding of penetration testing methodologies and frameworks (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25). ️ Demonstrated experience contributing to purple team exercises and working closely with SOC to improve detection logic. ️ Strong hands-on experience with industry-standard tools (Burp Suite Pro, Metasploit, Nmap, etc.) and ability to develop custom automation (Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash). ️ Solid knowledge of network protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP/S, DNS), operating systems (Linux, Windows), and cloud-native architectures (Docker, Kubernetes). ️ Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly present critical business risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have: ️ Advanced certifications such as OSCP, OSCE, OSWE, CRTP, or SANS GIAC. ️ Experience in fast-growing companies (Gaming/Fintech) with exposure to industry-specific security challenges.

We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to: Career growth opportunities in an international and dynamic environment; Opportunity to develop language skills with partial compensation for language courses; Special gifts for birthdays, weddings, and newborns; ️ 20 working days of paid annual vacation, plus paid sick leaves; Office snacks and refreshments; ️ ️ Sports package to support a healthy lifestyle; Comprehensive medical insurance for you and your partner; Comfortable office with great facilities in a prime location; Exciting corporate events, team-building activities, and international company parties.

BrainRocket is a global company creating end-to-end tech products for clients across Fintech, iGaming, and Marketing. Young, ambitious, and unstoppable, we've already taken Cyprus, Malta, Portugal, Poland, and Serbia by storm. Our BRO team consists of 1,300 bright minds creating innovative ideas and products. We don't follow formats. We shape them. We build what works, launch it fast, and make sure it hits.