Penetration Tester
Pensacola, FL
Full Time Entry-level / Junior Clearance required USD 48K - 70K *
The Penetration Tester will aid our federal customer in providing cybersecurity engineering for our nation’s national security posture. As a key member of that team this position will contribute to the engineering of current and emerging cybersecurity systems, policies, and processes to enforce standards and identify vulnerabilities and capability gaps, and reduce cybersecurity risk of our customer networks. This position is eligible for up to 50% telecommuting.-
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:· Helps provide systems and security engineering and integration to support specific government-sponsored projects, pilots, and prototypes· Provides and supports solution planning and engineering, defining security requirements, target architecture, interoperability and integration, system testing, Verification and Validation, Modeling and Simulation, studies and analysis, post-deployment security validation (PDSV), and project risk management· Contributes to the engineering of current and emerging cybersecurity systems, policies, and processes to enforce standards and identify vulnerabilities and capability gaps and reduce cybersecurity risk of our customer networks· Enforces standards and identifies vulnerabilities and capability gaps· Reduces cybersecurity risk of customer networks· Provides expertise in cybersecurity engineering· Other duties as related to the business functions of FWG Solutions, as assigned
Requirements & Qualifications: Education:- Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferredLicenses & Certifications:- Current Secret clearance required; Ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI required- Any of the following are a plus:Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT) MasterOffensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)IACRB Certified Expert Penetration Tester (CEPT)IACRB Certified Expert Penetration Tester (CPT)Certified Red Team Operations Professional (CRTOP)CompTIA’s PenTest+GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN); and/orGIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
Experience:- 2 years experience with HP Fortify and/or Checkmarx- 2 years experience performing source code analysis- Experience in Red Team (preferable) or Blue Team penetration testing is required- At least three years within LINUX environment is required - Engineering management experience- Experience with: Kali Linux + custom made tools/fuzzing required- Experience with: Metasploit; Burpsuite;Nmap; Wireshark; Jenkins/CloudBees GitHub; Artifactory; JIRA; Burp Suite Pro; Tenable Security Center; Nessus; Twistlock; Acunetix; Visual Studio; Eclipse; PyCharm; Core Impact- Deep understanding of the methodology associated with penetration testing, such as creating Rules of Behavior, selection of pen testing team, and have a developed tool kit.- Cloud experience a plus! (AWS or Azure)
Skills & Abilities:- Excellent written and verbal communication skills- High level of organizational and problem-solving skills- Strong leadership/management skills- Superior organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.- Proficiency in Microsoft products
Other Requirements:- US Citizenship required to meet contract and government clearance requirements- Must reside in Sterling, VA or Rockville, MD or be willing to relocate
This opportunity offers career development and growth, competitive compensation, and a robust benefits package with 4 Weeks PTO w/ rollover, 11 paid holidays, company paid events and training, and 401(k) retirement plan with company match. FWG holds multiple government contracting vehicles as a Prime Contractor to include: 8(a) Set-Aside; STARS III; GSA IT-70; Army ITES-3S; and CIO-SP3. FWG Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, pregnancy, religion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, disability, genetic information/history or any other personal characteristic protected by law. FWG welcomes all individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to apply for our jobs.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our salary survey at salaries.infosec-jobs.com
Tags: AWS Azure Blue team Burp Suite BurpSuite CEH Checkmarx Clearance Clearance Required Cloud Code analysis CompTIA Core Impact DoD Exploit GIAC GitHub GPEN GXPN ISO 27001 Jira Kali Linux Metasploit Nessus Nmap OSCP Penetration testing PenTest+ Pen testing Red team Risk management Top Secret Top Secret/SCI Twistlock Vulnerabilities
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