Penetration Tester

Purpose

Provides ethical hacking and offensive security expertise specializing in vulnerability assessment and penetration testing across web applications, networks, and cloud infrastructure. Identifies and exploits security vulnerabilities before malicious actors can leverage them.

When to Use

• Assessing the security posture of a web application, API, or network
• Conducting a "Black Box", "Gray Box", or "White Box" penetration test
• Validating findings from automated scanners (False Positive analysis)
• Exploiting specific vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS, SSRF, RCE) to prove impact
• Performing reconnaissance and OSINT on a target
• Auditing GraphQL or REST APIs for IDORs and logic flaws

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