Description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

Passionate about breaking into applications, networks, systems, databases, devices and other technologies to uncover security vulnerabilities and help fix them? Are you interested in joining a team of like-minded passionate experts, many of whom have decades of experience breaking into anything and everything to help organizations strengthen their security? If so, X-Force Red, IBM Security's team of veteran hackers, is looking for a Senior Pentest Consultant, and you may be the perfect fit.

The Senior Pentest Consultant will be part of the X-Force Red Offensive Security team. The consultant's primary duty is to perform penetration tests against clients' applications, networks, people and more.

Secondary duties include assisting in the sales process with potential or existing clients, and acting as a client's primary technical contact for projects delivered by other consultants. X-Force Red consultants provide subject matter expertise in the form of research, tooling, and consulting engagements.

You should have in-depth of knowledge and experience in testing modern enterprise applications across a variety of frameworks and platforms. Identifying vulnerabilities in these applications and exploiting them to gain access to sensitive data or systems.

The consultant must be able to rapidly learn new technologies and processes with minimal assistance. While this is a remote position, there is a potential for 25% travel, including international travel. Travel depends on project requirements.

Current active clearance level or ability to obtain one is beneficial.

This Job can be perfomed from anywhere in the US

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Required technical and professional expertise

Technical / Professional Experience:

· 3+ years of penetration testing experience

· 3+ years of consulting experience

· Ability and experience performing penetration tests against web applications, internal networks, wireless networks, mobile applications, thick-client applications, embedded applications, or hardware etc.

· Programming experience in one or more of the following: Java, .Net, Python, or Ruby

· Strong understanding of networks, firewalls, protocols, routing, and security technologies

· History of presenting at regional or major security conferences

· History of published research, blog posts, or other publications

· Experience coordinating security testing projects with multiple consultants.

Consulting Qualifications:

· Effective communication and presentation skills

· The ability to lead large groups and be a primary facilitator

· Demonstrated written skills

· Drive to do research, publications, blogs, presentations, etc.

· Comfortable working in a project based / client serving model

· Ability to lead and shape client expectations

· Help drive pursuits and engage in complex deals, matching outcomes to expectations

· Ability to work easily with diverse and dynamic teams

· Ability to self-start, and work independently on projects

Preferred technical and professional experience

- Experience performing security testing of Generative AI (GenAI) applications and adversarial testing of large language models (LLMs)

- Experience with testing SaaS platforms and applications - SAP, Salesforce, Oracle

- Burp Suite Certified Practitioner, OSCP, or other technical certifications

- Experience in reverse engineering software or hardware

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

US Citizenship Required.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Global Security - Penetration Testing Consultant - X-Force Red

Date posted

14-Apr-2026

Job ID

108031

City / Township / Village

Austin

State / Province

Texas

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Consulting

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

146,200.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

172,000.00

Position type

Professional

Travel required

Up to 20% or 1 day a week

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No



erp5z7ybl