WORK LOCATIONS: Dulles, VA and Columbia, MD
Job Description And Responsibilities
Seeking a penetration tester for an Intelligence Community (IC) customer mission system. The successful candidate will perform vulnerability assessments and penetration testing following the customers prescribed scope statement with authorities derived from the customers Enterprise cyber security organization. The ideal candidate must display familiarity with Windows and Linux Mobile operating systems and be able to conduct network and security vulnerability analysis.
Specifically, the candidate will analyze mission systems to help assess vulnerability to compromise from adversaries. The successful candidate must have prior experience with scope defined penetration testing using mainly open source tools.
Penetrate desktops, servers, applications, operating systems, and security systems to gain root/admin access
Provide black-box penetration testing utilizing tools and techniques to conduct cybersecurity evaluations for highly specialized network communication systems
Modify open source exploits to bypass/evade antivirus, firewalls, hardened systems, and IDS/IPS systems
Modify computer/system/network attacks, exploits, and Metasploit modules to create variations that evade detection
Perform reconnaissance, privilege escalation persistence, lateral movement, and payload generation for multiple targets
Hide digital artifacts and communications to evade antivirus, firewalls, IDS/IPS systems, Wireshark, and tcpdump
Required Skills And Qualifications
Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance.
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Cybersecurity, Information Security, IT, EE, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Demonstrated experience in three or more specific areas to include: analysis, network engineering, networking security, penetration testing, red teaming, hardware engineering, software reverse engineering, and computer exploitation.
Experience with Kali Linux and Metasploit tools
Experience with programming/scripting: Python, Powershell , Ruby, C, JavaScript, etc.
Desired Skills And Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Forensics, Network Security, or equivalent technical experience
4 years of exploit development, computer/network security, or network traffic analysis using analytical tools
Expert knowledge of networking components/devices and various OS/applications in Linux and Windows environments
At least one of the following certifications: CISSP, OSCP, CEH, CEPT, GPEN, EnCE, GASF, GSFE, or BLCE
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Dulles Town Center VA United States