Junior Penetration Tester

Join a team of cybersecurity professionals and help Swiss Re to fulfil its mission in making the world more resilient. As an Associate Penetration Tester, you'll work on planning and executing pentests for applications and infrastructures, strengthening our defences, while presenting findings to our shareholders. What's more, you'll be working in a hybrid setup, perfectly balancing work from home and the office premises.


About the team

The Security Team is the focal point for all security activities across Swiss Re. We are responsible for cybersecurity engineering and operations, governance, risk and compliance, and defining as well as advancing the company's security strategy. As a part of the Security Team , the Penetration Testing team provides pentest capabilities and services to all Swiss Re operations across the globe. We're looking for a creative, analytical thinker to join our ranks – one who will help us to detect vulnerabilities and secure our infrastructure through their analyses and findings.

In your role, you will:
-Perform and coordinate planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up activities for web application and infrastructure-targeted penetration tests
-Supervise, track, and report action items resulting from penetration tests
-Engage in "lessons learnt" sessions and create educational materials for developers and relevant partners
-Drive remediation and retesting activities
-Collaborate closely with IT experts and specialists across the globe

What can you look forward to?

-An enthusiastic collective full of cybersecurity lovers, aspiring talents and industry veterans
-Annual salary reviews and a substantial one-off bonus each year
-Hybrid setup, balancing between working from home and the office premises
-Amazing corporate benefits, including various product and service discounts (e.g., 100% reimbursement on public transport annual subscription)
-Modern work environment with top-notch facilities
-As much coffee (and fruit) as you need to go about your day

The minimum gross monthly base salary for this role is 1500 EUR full time. Our final offer to you will be set up fairly, considering the skills and experience that you bring to the Swiss Re Group. You can look forward to extra rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus.

This job offer is suitable for people who have been impacted by the invasion of Ukraine.

Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.

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