Red Team Operator (Computer Exploitation Engineer) - Mid Level (TS required, eligible for SCI)
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Job Description
SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: TS, WITH SCI ELIGIBILITY
POSITION REQUIRES US CITIZENSHIPPosition Title: Red Team Operator (Computer Exploitation Engineer)Location: Fort Belvoir, VA
Company Overview:
As a Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Management Consulting firm focused on assisting our commercial and U.S. Intelligence Community clients proactively mitigate threats, RedTrace Technologies is seeking talented and innovative team members to join us in support of an exciting cybersecurity requirement at Fort Belvoir, VA. Candidate must be a US citizen and have an active Top-Secret Clearance with eligibility to obtain SCI.
Position Description:
In support of a premier intelligence operations agency, we are seeking a Penetration Tester (Red Teamer). Qualified Red Team Operators must have experience with cyber exploitation techniques involving initial access, execution, persistence, privilege escalation, defense evasion, credential access, lateral movement, collection, exfiltration, command and control, and device hacking. Operators will apply advanced consulting skills and extensive technical expertise for threat analysis, vulnerability assessments, and persistent penetration testing cyber campaigns.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Assess physical security and Operations Security factors as they relate to information assurance and force protection through attempting to gain physical access to secure facilities
- Assess new technologies, software applications, and devices relevant to Information Operations
- Coordinate, facilitate, and develop training materials and products in accordance with Government-provided guidelines
- Support Computer Network Security and Exploitation tasks:
- Assess computer network defense and information assurance in support of customer organizations
- Provide vulnerability assessments in support of off-site systems, network architecture, policy and procedure, applications, and system integrity reviews
- Assist with development and maintenance of Red Team Detachment assessment methods, tools, and techniques
- Perform code review, protocol and input fuzzing in order to find vulnerabilities
- Perform analysis of disassembled code when source code is unavailable
- Develop exploits based on identified vulnerabilities
- Recommend fixes and mitigation for identified vulnerabilities
- Create and maintain adversary emulation tool sets and development
- Develop and deliver technical reports and executive summaries of Red Team missions
- Document tools, techniques, processes, and procedures
Required:
- 7+ years of experience with systems engineering and administration
- Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of information technology experience or a Highschool diploma and 7+ years of information technology experience
- Current U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance w/ SCI eligibility
- DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical - Level III certification (CompTIA SecurityX, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP)
- Offensive Security Professional Certification (OSCP) or GIAC Pentetration Tester (GPEN)
- Linux Computing Environment certification
- Windows Computing Environment certification
Desired:
- Red Team Apprentice, Offensive Methodology Analysis, Red Team Operations or similiar course
- Python certification
- Experience with Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, and Kali Linux
Employee Benefits:
- Competitive salary for well qualified applicants
- 401(k) plan
- Annual performance bonus
- Certification and advanced degree attainment bonuses
- Student Loan / Tuition reimbursement
- Health Care Insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- Up to four weeks of paid vacation
- 11 Federal Holidays, and 3 Floating Holidays
- Team bonding events
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