Penetration Tester

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Explorador de carreras · Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust · Penetration Testing

IC2 · Professional / IntermediateContribución individualProfessional / Intermediate

Standard where business need supports the level

Qué implica el puesto

Autonomía: Works independently on defined work
Alcance: Features, analyses, cases, campaigns, accounts or processes
Horizonte de tiempo: Weeks to months
Experticia y criterio: Selects appropriate methods; solves routine-to-moderate problems
Impacto esperado: Owns complete deliverables and predictable outcomes

Habilidades esperadas (22)

Agrupadas en humanas, profesionales y técnicas. La proficiencia meta usa la escala P1–P5, y cada fila describe qué significa ese nivel para esa habilidad en particular.

Humanas (10)

Habilidad	Importancia	Meta	Qué se espera en ese nivel
Accountability Personal Effectiveness	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Active listening Communication & Influence	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Collaboration Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Critical thinking Thinking & Judgment	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Customer empathy Personal Effectiveness	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Learning agility Thinking & Judgment	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Ownership Personal Effectiveness	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Problem solving Thinking & Judgment	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Verbal communication Communication & Influence	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Written communication Communication & Influence	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.

Profesionales (1)

Habilidad	Importancia	Meta	Qué se espera en ese nivel
Business acumen Business & Strategy	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.

Técnicas (11)

Habilidad	Importancia	Meta	Qué se espera en ese nivel
Security architecture Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Cyber risk management Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Incident response Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Privacy by design Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Security compliance Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Security engineering Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Security operations Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Test automation Software Engineering	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Threat intelligence Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Vulnerability management Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Zero trust architecture Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.

Escalera de carrera

Se llega desde

Associate Penetration TesterIC1

Siguientes pasos

Senior Penetration TesterIC3Ascenso individual
Move from defined independent work to ambiguous, complex ownership; deepen judgment, mentor others and improve team practices.

Possible when people-management capability and an organizational need exist; no automatic IC-to-M equivalence.

Qué cambia para avanzar

Move from defined independent work to ambiguous, complex ownership; deepen judgment, mentor others and improve team practices.

Fuente: NICE; SFIA · JF0128-IC2