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Principal Penetration Tester/ Offensive Security Team Lead

Pune, Maharashtra, India💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead and scale the offensive security and penetration testing practice while remaining hands-on in complex engagements across web, cloud, network, and mobile domains.

Role type

Principal Penetration Tester / Offensive Security Team Lead

Builds

Production penetration testing engagements, adversary simulations, and red team capabilities for enterprise clients

Domain

Cybersecurity / Offensive Security / Penetration Testing

Deliverable

Production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Hands-on penetration testing across web/API/cloud/network/mobile, exploit development, adversary simulation, technical report authoring, team mentorship, pre-sales technical advisory, operational metrics management

Preferred skills

Startup environment experience, building offensive security practices from scratch, deep expertise in post-exploitation and lateral movement

Technologies

Burp Suite, Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, BloodHound, Impacket, AWS, Azure, GCP

Responsibilities

Conduct high-risk penetration tests and adversary simulations, establish testing methodologies and quality standards, mentor and build a high-performing pentesting team, lead client scoping and executive briefings, support pre-sales proposals and technical demonstrations

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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