Security Engineer - Pentest Operations

Who We Are

Cobalt.io is a fast-growing and globally distributed remote-first cybersecurity start-up with employees in the US and Germany. We connect global security talent with businesses by providing Pentesting as a Service via the Cobalt technology platform. We have Scandinavian roots, an American base and a global outlook. Our team is characterized by a fun, fast-paced and collaborative culture based on individual responsibility and ownership.

Description

Cobalt’s Pentest Operations team is transforming with a focus on quality and customer success. We are looking for a detail-oriented, highly organized Security Engineer to help the Cobalt.io Pentest Operations team continue to scale and deliver high quality, timely penetration tests to our customers. Ideal candidates have experience working with or working as a professional penetration tester and aren’t afraid to get technical with some of the world's most talented ethical hackers. You possess an impeccable attention to detail - with both the technical acuity to articulate both actual and perceived risk as well as an uncanny ability to ensure uniform, yet visually stimulating formatting to penetration testing deliverables.

What You Would Do

• Provide insight to help shape how we deliver pentests.
• Innovate and collaborate with our product teams to enhance our platform.
• Design and develop tools for the PenOps team to use in the delivery of pentests.
• Help guide the technical direction of the PenOps team.
• Help design and implement how we assess the technical proficiencies of Core Community candidates.
• Be the technical gatekeeper of quality for all deliverables. From technical accuracy to ensuring clear risk articulation and practical remediation guidance.
• Push the boundaries of the traditional “report” by continuously improving security metrics, reporting templates, and other opportunities to enhance Cobalt's penetration test reports.
• Support the Technical Project Manager team and provide technical perspective for the active penetration tests from kickoff to report delivery and retest - ensuring customer and pentester needs are being met.
• Support escalations with the pentesters perspective and advocacy for our Core testers.
• Escalate or immediately remove obstacles that arise during testing - ensuring swift resolution and smooth restoration of testing activity and customer satisfaction.
• Help assemble and verify  the strongest teams from the Cobalt Community to deliver pentesting as a service engagements.
• Maintaining a healthy feedback loop with Core Community managers to help grow and up-level our pentesters
• Partnering with Customer Success Managers to improve the client lifecycle experience

You Must Have

• 2-3+ years of relevant experience conducting penetration tests across various technologies and methodologies
• Ability to program in python and/or Ruby a plus. 
• Google Data Studio experience is a plus.
• Consulting mindset / operates with a sense of urgency
• Customer first mentality, we succeed when they succeed
• Team player, effective communicator, and dependable
• Professional demeanor over impersonal communication mediums (slack, email, etc.)
• Unparalleled attention to detail
• BS in Computer Science, Information Security, MIS, or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred but not required

Why You Should Join Us

• Grow in a passionate, rapidly expanding industry operating at the forefront of the Pentesting industry 
• Work directly with experienced senior leaders with ongoing mentorship opportunities
• Make the most of our flexible, unlimited paid time off, remote working from anywhere in the US, Germany or the UK and travel perks
• Earn competitive compensation and an attractive equity plan
• Leverage stipends for wellness, work-from-home and learning & development
• Treat yourself to paid remote lunches
• Save for the future with a 401(k) program (US only)
• Benefit from medical, dental, vision and life insurance (US only)