
F5 consultants
Penetration Tester - CHECK Team Member
Job Description
Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements:- At least three years commercial penetration-testing experience
- Current CHECK Team Member status
- Current SC clearance
- Sole UK nationality
- Strong hands-on experience with tools such as Burp Suite, Metasploit and Nmap
- Good knowledge of Windows and Linux/Unix operating systems
- Experience with network devices, firewalls, IDS/IPS and wireless technologies
- Understanding of standards and regulations such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS and GDPR
- Strong report-writing and client communication skills
- A collaborative approach and willingness to share knowledge
- Flexibility to travel to UK client locations when needed
- Experience testing AI or large language model systems would be useful, but it isnt essential
- Delivering penetration tests, security assessments and IT Health Checks
- Testing web applications, networks and wider IT infrastructure
- Using manual and automated techniques to simulate real-world attacks
- Producing clear technical reports, executive summaries, scopes and proposals
- Explaining findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Providing practical, risk-based remediation advice
- Keeping pace with emerging threats, vulnerabilities and testing methodologies
- Sharing knowledge and contributing to the development of the wider team
- Travelling to client sites across the UK when required
- AI
- Linux
- Network
- Security
- Unix
- Web
- Windows
- PLC
More:
We are a well-established cybersecurity practice delivering technical assurance services to a varied portfolio of clients. This is a hybrid role, predominantly home-based, with UK client-site travel when required. The salary is up to £80,000. We offer varied technical work, interesting client challenges, and the opportunity to keep developing alongside an experienced security team.
last updated 34 week of 2026
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£80,000
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£55,000
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This salary is 45% above the UK median for UK tech roles (£55,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks