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Senior Penetration Tester - Remote with Travel

Senior Penetration Tester - Remote with Travel

Securicon LLCAlexandria, VA, United States
4 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Remote
Job description

Position Title : Senior Security Engineer (Senior Penetration Tester)

Description : Delivers consulting project activities, ranging from problem identification through final project close-out through medium to long term engagements requiring varied interpersonal and technical skills. Technical responsibilities include problem identification, system architecture assessment, application and / or network security assessment, security testing, client interaction, solution deployment and cost / schedule monitoring.

This work is remote but requires 25% travel within the United States.

Requirements

Education :

  • Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience

Experience :

  • Five to eight years direct related work experience
  • Required Skills :

  • 8 or more years of technical experience required, including at least 5 years in security services.
  • Strong analytical skills required
  • Must have direct experience in performing network and / or application security assessments including :
  • Network or Application Vulnerability Assessments
  • Penetration Tests
  • Network or Application Architecture Assessments
  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to :
  • Read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals
  • Document procedures that conform to a prescribed style and format
  • Present information to management, public groups, and / or boards of directors.
  • Preferred Skills :

  • Previous Professional Services consulting experience
  • Industry certification such as CCIE, CCNA, CISSP, CCSE, MCSE desirable
  • Essential Functions

  • Identify and assess customer information technology infrastructure regarding risks and vulnerabilities.
  • Significant technical and operational knowledge of :
  • Firewalls

  • Network intrusion detection
  • Security audits, diagnostics, forensic tools
  • Web access controls
  • Advanced authentication methods
  • Management tools and procedures
  • Enterprise security programs
  • Be able to perform :
  • Network or Application Vulnerability Assessments
  • Penetration Tests
  • Network or Application Architecture Assessments
  • Responsibilities and Additional Duties

  • Work with minimal supervision as an individual contributor and as lead for engagement team when appropriate
  • Manage technical contribution of matrix team(s) of security consultants and engineers toward successful project completion.
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