Penetration Testing Expert

3 weeks ago


Arlington, Virginia, United States Peraton Full time

We are looking for a skilled Cyber Penetration Tester to join our team at Peraton.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Cyber/IT and experience in penetration testing.

In this role, you will support the Department of State Red Cell Team by performing and leading penetration tests to assess the security of customer systems.

  • Identify vulnerabilities and develop recommended remediations to satisfy mandated NIST 800-53 security controls.
  • Report and demonstrate findings to system owners and engineers.
  • Maintain Red Cell infrastructure.
  • Develop or modify tools to automate discovery or exploitation.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor of Science degree and 9 years of relevant experience in Cyber/IT, or a Master's of Science degree and 7 years of relevant experience in Cyber/IT.

We require a minimum of 5 years experience working in and with penetration testing.

You must also possess one of the following certifications, OR be able to obtain before start date:

  • CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP

We expect you to have demonstrated experience with Kali Linux.

Additionally, you should have demonstrated penetration testing tools experience with Nmap, Burp Suite, Metasploit, etc.

A salary of $135,000 - $216,000 per year awaits the successful candidate.



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