Is Your Penetration Tester (Ethical Hacker) Resume
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Big Tech ATS filters reject most Penetration Tester (Ethical Hacker) resumes before a human ever reads them. We built the diagnostic rubric used by Google, Meta, and Amazon recruiters.
The Penetration Tester (Ethical Hacker) Hiring Rubric
Specific frameworks owned: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS. Vague 'improved security posture' with no framework evidence is filtered out.
Scope of incidents responded to — systems affected, financial risk mitigated, MTTR achieved. Size and severity signal your experience ceiling.
Named tooling: SIEM platforms, secret managers, SAST/DAST tools, IDS/IPS systems. Certifications (CISSP, OSCP, CEH) add strong positive signal.
Threat modeling, red team exercises, security champions programs. Shows strategic thinking beyond reactive firefighting.
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