Location: Annapolis Jct, Maryland
Category: Penetration Tester
Travel Required: No
Remote Type: onsite
Clearance: Top Secret w/ FS Polygraph (last poly must be within the past 7 years)
Lead Penetration Tester
A Lead Penetration Tester is needed to join a high performing agile team using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology. The selected candidate will work on a team of cyber Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who are providing support to a large, complex technical program for preventing, identifying, containing and eradicating cyber threats to networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services on information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connections, public facing websites, security devices, servers and workstations. She/he will be responsible for the overall security of Enterprise-wide information systems, and will collect, investigate, and report any suspected and confirmed security violations.
Primary Responsibilities
- Perform internal and external pentest against systems to determine vulnerabilities and offer mitigation strategies.
- Perform web app pentests.
- Perform vulnerability risk assessment.
- Perform physical pentests and social engineering.
- Perform cyber incident response as needed for programs.
Basic Qualifications
- Must have experience in web development and programming languages such as Java, XML, Perl and HTML.
- Must have extensive experience performing IT security risk assessments.
- Must have experience performing web app and physical pentests.
- Experience with programming/scripting in Python, Powershell, C, JavaScript, etc.
- Must have experience with or strong familiarity of the following Web Application tools; Burp Suite, Web Inspect, Appdetective.
- Must have experience with or strong familiarity of Kali.
- Must have experience with or strong familiarity of IPS/IDS solutions.
- Must have a strong understanding of the Cyber Kill Chain methodology.
- Must have the ability to effectively collaborate with technical staff and customers when necessary to forming strategies and plan for continuous modernization and legacy integration.
- Must have experience managing multiple projects and quickly and effectively adjusting to shifting priorities and resolving issues.
Preferred Qualifications
- BS in a related feild and at least 8 years of relevant experience
- Certifications in one or more of the following areas:
- GIAC Web Applications Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
- GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Certified Web Application Defender (GWEB)
- Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)