Working as the lead developer you will be responsible for maintaining and improving the vulnerability assessment, penetration testing and report generation systems; managing the system administrators in the UK and remote offices; and proposing and implementing strategic changes in the system configuration.

Skills & abilities:

- - Essential:

o Good Perl programming skills.
o Database administration and programming skills, preferably postgresql.
o Team Leadership

- - Desirable:

o Knowledge of other programming and scripting languages: C, bash.
o Network equipment administration, preferably cisco.
o Knowledge or experience of vulnerability assessment or penetration
testing.
o Windows administration, including active directory.
o Web development skills: knowledge of Apache, HTML and CSS.
o Understanding of VPN technologies: IPsec and SSL/TLS and the
associated protocols, methods and algorithms.
o Knowledge of XML and XSLT.

Character & personal qualities:

o An interest in security testing, development and open source software.
o Ability to communicate with senior management.

Qualifications & experience:

o At least one year's Perl programming experience.
o Preferably educated to degree level or equivalent, ideally a 2:2 or
higher in a computing, science or engineering discipline

Ideal qualities:

o An in-depth knowledge of current methodologies, techniques and
applications.
o Someone who keeps themselves up to date with the latest technologies.
o An open source advocate, but not a zealot or fanboy.

Contact details

• Email: david@kentexecutive.co.uk