Offensive security is changing. Automation, agentic tooling, and CI/CD style orchestration mean testing is now an engineered activity, not just a manual one. Traditional role structures will miss this shift, which leads to unclear progression and uneven skills.
Conversec designs a career and competency framework aligned to OffSecDevOps - applying DevOps engineering principles to offensive security. Your structure will recognise technical depth, automation fluency, and clear communication equally.
Why Offensive Security Providers Need This
- Legacy ladders assume manual testing only
- Automation specialists lack defined progression
- Juniors struggle to gain relevant experience
- Merged or expanding teams operate with inconsistent standards
An aligned framework fixes this by balancing human expertise with engineered delivery.
What we Deliver
Discovery
Review existing job families, competencies, and delivery model. Map current engagement types: episodic and continuous
Alignment
Define how OffSecDevOps applies in your context. Agree role families, tracks, and progression signals
Framework design
Complete career structure with role summaries and level descriptions. Competency matrix that includes automation, orchestration, QA, and advisory skills
Implementation plan
Practical integration to hiring, appraisal, and development. Example objectives and progression indicators. A change approach for managers and team leads.
Typical Outcomes
- A tailored career and competency framework ready for adoption
- Role descriptions that recognise automation, reproducibility, and AI oversight
- Clear linkage between technical capability and operational maturity
- Better consistency in hiring, development, and integration of acquired teams
Who Benefits?
- Consultancies modernising delivery or integrating acquisitions
- In house offensive functions formalising role structures
- Heads of Offensive Security planning future capability
- HR and Learning teams that need security specific frameworks
How we Work
Conversec engagements are collaborative and pragmatic. We work with technical leads and people managers to produce frameworks that make sense to practitioners and stakeholders. Deliverables align with existing HR systems and performance processes.
Results
A clear, credible, and modern career framework built for the AI-augmented offensive security era.
