Penetration Tester / Secret
$104,000–$166,000 year
On-siteWashington, District of Columbia, United States or Chandler, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Conduct full-spectrum penetration testing across enterprise, cloud, mobile, IoT, and High Value Asset environments while leading adversary emulation and red team operations to validate SOC detection capabilities. Serve as technical or team lead for offensive security engagements, managing scoping, planning, execution, and reporting to identify vulnerabilities and deliver actionable, risk-prioritized findings. Collaborate closely with SOC, incident response, and engineering teams to coordinate results and support remediation efforts. Requires a Secret security clearance, GPEN or GXPN certification, and 5+ years of hands-on penetration testing experience.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, or related field
- 5 years of relevant experience
- 4 years of experience in lieu of the degree requirement
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on penetration testing experience
- Experience with Red Team, IoT, Mobile, Cloud, and HVA testing
- Team lead, supervisory, or management experience
- GPEN or GXPN certification
- One or more of the following certifications: GRTP, CRTL, OSCP, CRTP, CMWAPT, CEPT, CPT, or LPT
- CISA AES HVA Assessment Lead or Technical Lead certification
- U.S. citizenship
- Active Secret security clearance
Additional Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required
- Active Secret security clearance
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