Penetration Tester, Expert (Federal agency) - Tysons, VA - Full Time
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Job Description
Penetration Tester, Expert (Federal agency)
Core Hours: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Tysons, VA
• Job Type: Full-time (40 hours per week) with benefits.
• Availability: immediate.
• Security Clearance: TS/SCI with CI of FS Polygraph.
Years of Experience:
4 years with a PhD
8 years with a BS degree.
6 years with a master’s degree
10 years with an AA degree
12 years with an HS diploma
Job Description
Required Skills
• Conduct internal penetration testing and vulnerability assessment of servers, web applications, webservices, and databases
• Manually exploit and compromise operating systems, web applications, and databases
• Examine results of web/OS scanners, scans and static source code analysis
• Identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance issues
• Write final reports, defend all findings to include the risk or vulnerability, mitigation strategies, and references
• Ability to meet and coordinate with various audiences to include developers, system administrators, project managers, and senior government stakeholders
• Provide security recommendations for developers, system administrators, project managers, and senior government stakeholders
• Report vulnerabilities identified during security assessments
• Write penetration testing Rules of Engagements (RoE), Test Plans, and Standard operating procedures (SOP)
• Conduct security reviews, technical research, and provided reporting to increase security defense mechanisms
• Experience with NIST 800-53 and Risk Management Framework
Desired Skills
• Certifications: CEH – Certified Ethical Hacker Certification, CPT – Certified Penetration Tester
• Strong writing skills
• Experience with AWS Cloud Security
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