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Position Summary

HackerOne is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive individual to join our expanding security assessments team as a Security Assessments Report Writer. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality, accuracy, and presentation of third-party assessment reports that showcase the results of our security testing. While this position does not involve hands-on security testing, having experience in the security industry will be highly valuable in understanding and refining the findings reported by penetration testers, ethical hackers, and other security researchers.

The Security Assessments Report Writer reports to the Sr. Director, Delivery Excellence within HackerOne’s post-sales operations department and works closely with Technical Engagement Managers responsible for the optimal representation of security assessments and quality of results. HackerOne Assessments, executed by the Delivery Excellence team, is HackerOne’s fastest growing product and business line.

What You Will Do

• Take itemized security findings reported by security researchers along with written summary evaluations and coalesce information into assessment report documents which will be reviewed and ultimately delivered to customers.

• Re-issue versions of assessment reports based on updated information - maintaining a version control history.

• Adapt HackerOne’s written standards for weakness and attack pattern types for a variety of placements, and help Technical Engagement Managers and Solution Architects ensure they’re kept current.

• Make minor edits to written content so that it communicates clearly to technical and non-technical audiences and adequately represents security testing efforts.

• Make formatting improvements for readability - optimizing the appearance of documents for optics of professionalism, adhering to HackerOne brand guidelines.

• Actively seek clarification from security researchers and teammates when written content is unclear and propose revisions for approval.

• Interface with customers for feedback on how to improve HackerOne security assessment reports and work with HackerOne Product and Engineering to codify long-standing improvements.

• Work with HackerOne Technical Engagement Managers and Solutions Architects to make strategic updates to current assessment report standards and help write the standard for innovative security testing developed by HackerOne.

Minimum Qualifications  

• Strong expertise and proficiency in all text document tools including Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat Reader is an advantage.

• Knowledge of foundational information security concepts, including the OWASP Top Ten, optimizing the appearance of documents for the optics of professionalism. You don’t need to be a subject matter expert in security, but you’ll need to have or develop a deep understanding of these concepts.

• Ability to comprehend penetration testing methodologies and objective-based testing engagements (e.g., red teaming, assumed breach), identify discrepancies, and craft clear, concise, and accurate summaries of findings.

• Exceptional attention to detail with a commitment to delivering high-quality work.

• Ability to act decisively and confidently in a variety of situations, demonstrating independence and sound judgment. This role offers significant autonomy in daily tasks and relies on a high level of trust to operate with minimal supervision.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, effective in both internal and external contexts.

• Highly resourceful, unafraid to ask questions, and quick to learn from the answers to achieve clarity and results.

• Must be based remotely in US, Canada, or UK. HackerOne is a digital-first company. This model offers our employees flexibility in time and location. All employees must be able to work and excel in a remote environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience writing technical documentation consumed by technical audiences (e.g., API, infrastructure).

• Experience as a security researcher / penetration tester.

• Professional experience writing penetration test reports.

• Experience collaborating with technical teammates (e.g., engineering, IT) located in the APAC region.

• Experience creatively leveraging generative AI to make automated, systematic improvements to processes.

Compensation Bands:
Tier Guide

Tier B

$90K – $100K • Offers Equity

Tier C

$85K – $100K • Offers Equity

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