Technology is at the heart of driving Admiral’s business.

About Admiral Tech

With a history of innovation, the Admiral Group are bringing their world-class Tech department to Canada for the first time ever.

From Cloud through to DevOps, our technology department consists of over 600 people and is an exciting and fast-paced environment to work in. If you’re looking for a technically challenging and rewarding role, with outstanding support and opportunities for progression, you’ve come to the right place.

More on Admiral Tech: https://www.admiraljobs.co.uk/admiral-tech

About Admiral Canada

We’re more than you think.

One of the UK’s most recognizable insurance and financial service providers, Admiral offers insurance, loans, and various other products to over 9.1 million international customers.

In 2007, Admiral launched its Canadian office in Halifax with a small group of 20 staff. Today, we employ 500 people throughout Nova Scotia who support our UK customers with home and motor insurance policies.

We’ve been recognized as one of Canada’s Great Places to Work every year since 2010 and have also been named one of Nova Scotia’s and Atlantic Canada’s Top Employers annually since 2015. In 2022, the Great Place to Work® Institute ranked Admiral as the 4th Best Workplace in Canada.

The next chapter in the Admiral Canada’s success story is bringing Admiral Tech to Canada. This role is an exceptional opportunity to be the architect of Admiral Tech in Canada and influence its foundation.

About the Job

If you are looking for a permanent role as a pen tester, we are looking for a Penetration Tester to join our internal team.

Within the internal testing team, you will deliver a range of security assurance services such as web application penetration tests, network, and infrastructure penetration tests. You will be exposed to cutting edge Cloud technologies. You will also undertake social engineering engagements, physical security assessments, and secure code reviews.

We believe that the key deliverable of any security test is the report. You will prepare high-quality reports detailing findings and making key recommendations. Your findings will feed into our ongoing vulnerability management process, will have a significant impact, and will create change across the business.

You will work alongside IT and development project teams to ensure that all our services – both to our customers and to our staff – are delivered in a secure manner. You will question information that others would take on face value and remain inquisitive to improve the quality of security tests carried out against our infrastructure and applications.

We provide a generous training budget. Members of the team have chosen to undertake numerous training courses and further certifications including SANS and CREST. We expect you to keep up to date on current security trends, techniques, and tools. We love gamifying security training, and staff are encouraged to take part in CTFs. You will also be encouraged to attend conferences, seminars, and industry briefings.

Responsibilities:

• Carry out detailed application and/or infrastructure penetration test assignments either alone or in a small team.
• Write high quality reports.
• Work collaboratively with the wider Information Security teams.
• Assist with post incident reviews when required.

Essential Experience/Skills Required:

• 2 years’ experience in penetration testing.
• Solid report writing skills.
• Familiarity with ‘standard’ penetration testing tools.

Highly Desirable Skills:

• Familiarity with at least one cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS or Google GCP.
• Understanding of the Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK and other information security defence and intelligence frameworks.
• Programming or scripting skills in at least one modern computer language.
• One or more of the following: CREST Registered Tester (CRT)

Tigerscheme Senior Security Tester (QSTM)
Other ‘CHECK Team Member’ equivalent qualification.
(ISC)2 Certification such as CISSP
GIAC Certification such as GEVA, GPEN, GCIH, GWAPT

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently ranked nationally as one of Canada’s (and the world’s) best workplaces. To that end, you will have an element of scheduling autonomy to strike an appropriate balance between personal flexibility and business needs.

All colleagues will receive 34 days of paid time off (including Statutory holidays) annually when you join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 39 days (including statutory holidays).

You can view some of our other key benefits here: https://joinadmiral.ca/employee-benefits/

Our Commitment to You

As an equal opportunity employer, Admiral is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace free from discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, age, family status or any other legally protected status. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment on that basis.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $68,000.00-$85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• RRSP match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision care
• Wellness program
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• HALIFAX, NS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in HALIFAX, NS

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