Risk Services Cybersecurity Testing Associate (July 2027 Intake)

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

TMT X-Sector

Specialism

Cybersecurity & Privacy

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. Were a tech-forward people-empowered network with more than 364000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance tax and legal deals and consulting we help clients build accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at .

About Risk Services

Our Risk Services Practice provides an invaluable safeguard in todays complex operating environment with insights and independent assurance. We work with clients to deliver business control to help themto protectand strengthen every aspect of theirbusinessfrom people to performance systems to strategy business plans to business resilience. We help clients managemitigateand control risks from potential cybersecurity breaches topossible breaksin the supply chain. We assess and prepare businesses by looking into their technology finance data analytics regulatory requirements data security and privacy internal audit and the third parties our clients rely on to help clients deliver quality results and meet their strategicobjectives.

Key responsibilities

As anAssociateyoullbe exposed to a diverse and technically challenging scope of work across.Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Penetration Testingyoulllearn toidentifyand exploit vulnerabilities helping clients secure their assets and protect sensitive data allwhile gaining hands-on experience and growing professionally.
• Red Teaming Simulate adversary tactics techniques and procedures to test organizational defenses focusing on achieving specificobjectives conducting covert operations andmaintaininglong-term access to compromised systems.
• Cybersecurity Assessment Assess clients security posture through the performance of host configuration review against industry benchmarks source code reviews architecturereviewand cybersecurity risk assessment.

What we are looking for

• Final-year student or recent graduate in Computer Science Computer Engineering and Information Technology students from reputable local and overseas universities
• Strong fundamental knowledge of information technology and cyber security
• Knowledge of security testing tools ( Linux Covenant Metasploitnmap burpsuiteetc.)
• Are keen to develop themselves in the profession.
• Arehighly motivated enthusiastic confident and creative.
• Critical thinking & problem solving.
• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Committed to teamwork and excellence.
• Knowledge of scripting programming languages (
• Penetration testing specificcertificationsuch as CEH advantage.
• Participation in CTF publicly discovered information security flaws and acknowledged CVE published research or tool within offensive security domain is an advantage

Application Notes

• Pleaseindicateyour first-choice role and where applicable a second-choice role based on your skills interests and career aspirations.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified due to the high volume of applications.
• Kindly upload both your resume and academic transcript/degree audit in PDF format
• Have questionsGet in touch withus at

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Education (if blank degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback Accepting Feedback Active Listening Bash (Programming Language) Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Communication Cybersecurity Emotional Regulation Empathy Encryption Ethical Hacking Firewall (Network Security) Inclusion Information Security Information Security Management System (ISMS) Information Security Risk Assessments Intellectual Curiosity Intrusion Detection System (IDS) IT Infrastructure Kali Linux Microsoft Active Directory MITRE ATT&CK Framework Network Security Assessment Network Security Penetration Testing Offensive Security 20 more

Desired Languages (If blank desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

Yes

Government Clearance Required

No

Job Posting End Date

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1