Senior Penetration Tester
Packetlabs was built by an ethical hacker after seeing vulnerability assessments presented as penetration tests. Our slogan "Ready for more than a VA scan?" drives at the importance of not providing our clients with a false sense of security.
We are a passionate team of highly trained, proactive, pentesters. We provide expert-level penetration testing services that are thorough and tailored to help foster a safe digital space where everyone has the right to privacy and security. Packetlabs consultants find weaknesses others overlook and continuously learn new ways to evade controls. We hold ourselves to a very high standard.
To do so, we only hire individuals with the same drive and passion.
Note: While the position is based in Australia, initial onboarding and collaboration may involve some after-hours work to align with our Eastern Time Zone (Canada/US) team. Flexible scheduling options will be supported as the role transitions to standard local hours.
Packetlabs is launching its first international security team in Australia. This role exists to ensure that our Australian practice operates at the same standard as our global organization, while helping define how we scale penetration testing across regions.
We are a passionate team of highly trained, proactive, ethical hackers. We provide expert-level penetration testing services that are thorough and tailored to help foster a safe digital space where everyone has the right to privacy and security. Packetlabs consultants find weaknesses others overlook and continuously learn new ways to evade controls. We hold ourselves to a very high standard.
If you want to do excellent technical work and influence how a distributed security team collaborates, documents, and scales, this role is for you.
What You’ll Be Building
You’ll be one of the first security hires in Australia and a key contributor to Packetlabs’ global penetration testing practice. From day one, you’ll work closely with teammates in Canada and Australia to ensure a single, unified methodology, culture, and quality bar. This role includes:
- Owning the technical and cultural integration of the Australian security team into Packetlabs’ global practice
- Mentoring intermediate and junior pentesters locally
- Setting and enforcing documentation, workflow, and tooling standards used across regions
- Acting as a cultural and technical bridge between regions
Our Canadian Security leadership is actively invested in the success of our Australian team. You will not be expected to operate in isolation or “figure things out alone.” Support includes:
- Direct access to leadership for technical, process, and escalation decisions
- Shared ownership of methodologies, tooling, and quality standards across regions
- A structured onboarding and buddy system with experienced team members in Canada
- Clear escalation paths for high-impact findings and client-sensitive situations
- Regular cross-region planning, review, and knowledge-sharing sessions
While this role has significant autonomy, success is built on collaboration, transparency, and shared accountability across regions.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Collaboration & Integration
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- Work closely with teammates across Australia and North America
- Participate in cross-region projects (you will not be siloed to “APAC-only” work)
- Communicate findings clearly in both written and verbal formats
- Contribute to shared documentation and knowledge bases
- Support structured handoffs across time zones when needed
- Core Technical Work
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- Your primary role is to perform penetration testing of web applications, mobile applications, thick clients, APIs, and infrastructure when ready.
- Chain application flaws to other areas, such as cloud and on-prem AD infrastructure. Opportunities for lateral movement into the infrastructure teams are limited and given at the manager's discretion.
- Develop detailed reports on findings and remediations for impactful findi