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UtrechtOn site36 hours/week<3months
A specialized team within a government organization is looking for an offensive security specialist. This team is unique in the Netherlands and carries out legal hacking authorizations at the request of investigation teams both domestically and internationally. You contribute to combating crime and making the world safer by collecting evidence in criminal investigations.
What you will do.
- Execute shielded hacking operations on systems and devices used by suspects.
- Devise and develop methods to infiltrate undetected.
- Further develop discovered vulnerabilities into a proof of concept.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues from the research & development cluster to develop tools and exploits.
- Ensure that developed tools and exploits are practical and effective.
- Work with other teams to combine different disciplines and methods into a working strategy.
- Gather information about suspects and automated work for careful execution of operations.
- Assess feasibility and risks.
- Advise involved parties based on preliminary reconnaissance.
- Perform investigative actions after infiltration, such as establishing identifying data and recording data.
- Meticulously document all actions.
- Account for irregular working hours and an on-call duty arrangement.
What they ask
- Knowledge of cybersecurity and the ability to use these skills offensively.
- Be flexible and solution-oriented in an unpredictable environment.
- Work carefully and accurately, especially when handling evidence.
- Be able to document plans and executed work in a traceable manner.
- HBO (higher professional education) work and thinking level, obtained through education or demonstrable work experience supplemented with professional training.
- No objection to following (partially mandatory) internal training courses.
- Good command of the Dutch and English languages, both spoken and written.
- Experience in analyzing systems and developing methods and techniques to infiltrate suspect systems.
- Experience in performing infiltrations while ensuring the shielding of the operation.
- Experience in developing scripts and software to support hacking operations.
- Knowledge and experience with multiple programming languages.
- Dutch nationality.
Wishes.
- One or more professional certificates (e.g., SANS, OffSec).
- Extensive experience in digital investigation and/or software development with an ambition in offensive security.
Practical
- The role includes a 14-week training course at a training institute, possibly supplemented by an additional program.
- Successfully completing a mandatory assessment is a prerequisite for starting the training.
- Completing the training is a requirement to perform this function.
- A temporary appointment with a one-year probationary period, followed by a permanent appointment.
- Confidentiality and the shielding of methodologies are very important.
- There is room for development within a relatively new team.
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