senior associate, offensive security

Our client, is one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies, dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines and vaccines that improve and extend patients’ lives. With a presence in more than 100 countries and a history spanning over 175 years, our client combines cutting-edge science, technology, and global expertise to address some of the world’s most challenging healthcare needs. The company fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning, empowering its people to drive breakthroughs that make a meaningful impact on global health.

Join a global leader in pharmaceuticals, and immerse yourself in a dynamic experience where you’ll contribute to groundbreaking projects that impact the lives of millions!

Language Requirement: English, Greek

Minimum Years of Experience: 2

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct offensive security testing activities including penetration tests and adversary simulation exercises across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

• Support red team and purple team engagements by executing test plans, collecting evidence, and helping evaluate defensive control effectiveness.

• Identify, validate, and document security weaknesses, including technical details, proof of concept evidence, and clear remediation recommendations.

• Assist with translating offensive findings into actionable improvement items for detection, engineering, and remediation teams.

• Contribute to threat-informed testing by mapping observed techniques to common attacker behaviors and helping highlightrealistic attack paths.

• Maintain high-quality reporting standards and ensure deliverables are accurate, complete, and aligned to ethical testing expectations and internal requirements.

• Support continuous improvement efforts for offensive security tooling, automation, repeatable test methods, and playbooks.

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g., detection, incident response, vulnerability management, infrastructure, cloud) to coordinate testing logistics and minimize business disruption.

• Escalate complex technical issues, high-risk findings, or unexpected conditions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity with hands-on focus in offensive security, penetration testing, vulnerability research, or security engineering.

• Practical experience executing penetration tests or security assessments, including reconnaissance, exploitation validation, and reporting.

• Strong understanding of common attack techniques and enterprise security concepts across identity, endpoints, networks, and cloud services.

• Ability to clearly document technical findings and communicate risk and remediation guidance to technical stakeholders.

• Working knowledge of atleast one scripting/programming language commonly used for security work (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash).

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to operate in a process-driven, highly regulated environment.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Strong hands-on knowledge of:

• Red team and adversary emulation methodologies (MITRE ATT&CK–aligned).

• Application, cloud, network, and identity penetration testing.

• Social engineering and phishing simulations (where appropriate).

• Tooling and frameworks commonly used in offensive security.

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or similarly regulated
  industries.

• Demonstrated capability supporting offensive security testing in cloud or hybrid environments.

• Exposure to partnering with detection engineering / SOC teams to improve detections based on offensive findings.

• Experience working in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals) or environments with high compliance expectations.

• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, OSCP, CRTO, GPEN/GXPN), or similar offensive security credentials.

• Demonstrated interest in improving repeatability through tooling, automation, and standardized playbooks.

Salary (Ind.): 28000-30000 € / Per year Gross

Upon further discussion with our client.