Our client in ACT and VIC seeks the services of DSS L3 Lead Penetration Tester with NV1 clearance.
28th October, 2025
Location - ACT, VIC
Security Clearance - Australian Citizens with NV1 Clearance
Length of Contract - 12 months
Closing Date - 03/11/2025
Key duties and responsibilities:
Assess Australian Government entities to determine the effectiveness of both prevention and detection security controls.
Execute tools to simulate well known adversary tradecraft to perform privilege escalation and lateral movement.
Identify weaknesses in common Microsoft technologies such as Active Directory.
Assess and identify vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs.
Development and automation of custom tools.
Essential Criteria:
Demonstrated minimum 5 years' experience in infrastructure and/or web application penetration testing.
Demonstrated experience with assessing environments and systems against the Australian government's Information Security Manual.
Demonstrated experience in assessing and exploiting common vulnerabilities found in enterprise networks and infrastructure (e.g. Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD).
Demonstrated experience in assessing, identifying and exploiting known and common vulnerabilities in web applications and supporting infrastructure.
Desirable Criteria:
Possess professional certifications such as OCSP, GPEN, OSWA, GWAPT, OSWE, OSCE.
Experience with scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Javascript etc).
Experience in developing security tools across varying system architectures; exposure to testing enclaved networks and classified systems.
Demonstrated practical knowledge of web application penetration testing, including fuzzing, scripting, and application logic exploitation.
Additional Criteria:
DSS - 2.4 Systems and Software Engineering - Testing and Evaluation (including verification and
validation) - L3
SFIA Skill Code - Penetration testing (PENT) - L4
Please contact Melody on 02 4086 8973 or melody@ariszinc.com.au or simply click apply to submit your application
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