There's a part-time Penetration Tester role open in Raipur, based on-site in Telibandha, paying up to ₹58,500 a month. It calls for 36 months of hands-on cybersecurity experience, with a clear lean toward offensive security work rather than purely defensive monitoring. The role falls within the broader Cybersecurity category and is structured as a genuine part-time engagement rather than a full-time role with reduced pay.
What the work involves
Last year, a routine external test at a mid-sized client revealed an admin login page still running under default credentials, sitting one network hop away from the finance system. That's the kind of gap this role exists to catch before someone with worse intentions finds it first. None of that happens in isolation; every finding gets discussed with whoever owns the affected system before it's escalated further.
- Identify weaknesses in company systems and applications before they can be exploited
- Investigate and contain the situation when a test, or a live incident, uncovers something active
- Help implement fixes afterward so the same gap doesn't reopen on the next test
Because it's part-time, engagements here are scoped tighter than a full-time security team's workload usually is. A given week might involve one focused external test rather than juggling five different client environments at once, which suits someone who wants depth on fewer targets over breadth across many. Reporting still matters as much as the testing itself; a finding that never makes it into a clear, prioritized report to a client's IT team might as well not have been found at all.
Some weeks lean more toward active testing, poking at an application or network to see where it gives. Others lean toward a write-up and follow-up, confirming that a client actually closed a gap flagged three weeks earlier rather than just marking the ticket as resolved. Both halves of the work matter equally, even though testing tends to get more attention in how the job gets described.
What's required
The role calls for a bachelor's degree, and cybersecurity or information technology sits closest to the actual work, though the specific major matters less than what a candidate has actually tested. Three years of relevant experience is expected, and that experience should show up as real findings in real reports, not just lab exercises from a certification track. A candidate who spent those three years rotating between a help desk role and occasional security tasks will have a harder time here than someone who spent two years fully dedicated to testing work, even if the total years on paper look similar.
The skills that actually get exercised on the job:
- Hands-on comfort with penetration testing tools, particularly Burp Suite and Metasploit
- Solid networking fundamentals, enough to understand how traffic actually moves through a client's infrastructure
- Scripting ability to automate repetitive parts of a test rather than doing everything by hand
Those three cover the tools, the underlying systems knowledge, and the ability to work efficiently across a limited number of scheduled hours, which matters more here than it would on a full-time team with more slack in the calendar.
A recognized certification such as OSCP or CEH isn't a hard requirement, but it tends to move an application further along, especially when paired with a couple of documented findings a candidate is willing to walk through in an interview. Some exposure to cloud environments, since a growing share of the test scope now includes cloud-hosted assets rather than just on-premises networks, is also useful but not mandatory. Someone who's spent real time in AWS or Azure security groups and IAM misconfigurations will likely pick up client-specific cloud scope faster than someone whose background is purely on-premises network testing.
Schedule and pay
This is a part-time position, paying up to ₹58,500 a month, with a schedule set in coordination with the hiring manager rather than being fixed to a rigid shift pattern. Being part-time doesn't mean the work is less serious. It means the hours are structured differently, with paid leave calculated on a pro-rated basis to match actual scheduled time. That pay figure holds up reasonably well against full-time penetration tester salaries in Raipur once the reduced hours are accounted for, which is worth considering when comparing it to a full-time listing elsewhere.
- Pro-rated paid leave
- Flexible in-office scheduling
- Performance-based incentives tied to completed engagements
- Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Raipur
- Accommodation support during the initial move
Telibandha, Raipur
The role is based on-site in Telibandha, one of Raipur's more developed commercial pockets and a reasonable commute from most residential parts of the city. Naukri Mitra tends to see steady interest in cybersecurity roles out of this area, since Raipur's IT sector still has fewer specialized security hires than the larger metros, which can mean less internal competition for a candidate with the right background. It's fully on-site, so the day-to-day work happens in person with the rest of the security team rather than remotely. For someone relocating from a bigger city specifically for this role, it's worth knowing that Raipur's security community is smaller and more tightly networked, which tends to make word-of-mouth reputation matter more here than it might in a larger, more anonymous market.
Applying
Applications should include a resume and, if possible, a sanitized write-up of a past finding, something that shows how a vulnerability was identified, verified, and reported, with client-identifying details removed. Certifications are worth listing but shouldn't stand in for actual test experience on the resume. Shortlisted candidates undergo a technical interview covering both tools and methodology, followed by a practical exercise in a sample environment.
Given the part-time structure, it also helps to be upfront about availability early, since the hiring manager will want to confirm a workable schedule before extending an offer rather than after. Candidates currently juggling another part-time commitment or freelance testing work are welcome to apply, as long as there's no direct conflict of interest with existing clients. Most candidates hear back within a week of the practical exercise, whether or not the outcome is an offer.
