Summary:
The Staff Penetration Tester is responsible for leading complex penetration testing and offensive security operations across enterprise infrastructure, applications, and cloud platforms. The Penetration Tester applies advanced threat modeling, exploitation techniques and tool expertise to uncover systemic weaknesses and evaluate organizational resilience. The role provides strategic guidance to technical and business stakeholders, drives remediation effectiveness, and contributes to red team simulations that test detection and response maturity. Success requires deep technical expertise, independent decision making, and the ability to communicate complex attack paths and risks clearly across teams to strengthen Bread Financials’ security posture.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Information Security or related field of study
• At Least one (1) of the following: GPEN, GCPN, GWAPT, ECSA, OSCP, LPT Master, GRTP, or CRTE
• 8+ years of experience in Information Security in reconnaissance, data exploitation, Web Application Testing (WAT), Active Directory (AD), scripting, automation, report writing and red teaming
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s Degree in Information Security or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience
• 8+ years of Penetration Testing experience