Senior Penetration Tester

Responsibilities

As our Senior Penetration Tester you will have the opportuntiy to provide support to technical processes and technical management processes. In support of comprehensive test and evaluation associated with test support, operational verification of installations and support efforts for Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E), Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E), and Penetration testing (PEN testing).

 

This position is on site at Dahlgren, VA

 

Additional Duties:

• Work with Entra ID (Azure AD), Active Directory, SSO, MFA, Azure application integration, Identity Federation.
• Create/enhance automation using Powershell, PowerAutomate, Logic Apps, Graph API.
• Working with Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 in a hybrid environment.
• Extending or integrating on premises AD with Entra ID.
• Managing identity and access in Microsoft Entra ID.
• Conducting Red Team operations in an MDE environment.
• Provide support with AWS, Cloud Audit, Serverless and Microservice Architecture.
• Working with AWS services (such as EC2, S3, KMS, RDS) and security best practices relevant to those services
• Performing web application and API penetration testing, and Cloud Security Audits
• Provide support with Web Services penetration testing (RESTful and SOAP) Web Authentication protocols (e.g. OAuth2, SAML, LDAP)
• Writing proof of concept code to demonstrate the severity of a potential security issues
• Provide support with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby)
• Provide support by rogramming language (e.g. C, Java, Python, JavaScript)

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
• Shall have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in penetration testing and/or offensive Cyber operations.
• Shall have demonstrated experience utilizing penetration tools.
• Shall have demonstrated experience in mimicking threat behavior.
• Demonstrated experience performing vulnerability assessments with the Assured Compliance Assessment Solution tool.
• Demonstrated experience with performing STIG assessments to include using SCAP benchmarks.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing packet analyzer tools such as Wireshark and tcpdump.
• Ability to travel up to 15% travel and will be onsite in Dahlgren, VA

• Minimum certification as 541 (or similar as required by the Technical Instruction) at the Intermediate level per DoDD 8140.01, or successor.

• Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) or Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE) or Offensive Security Exploitation Expert (OSEE) or Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP) certification required

• Certifications: CEH or GSEC or Security+
• Active TOP SECRET/SCI Security clearance.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.