Senior Cyber Security Engineer / CSET Team

Senior Cyber Security Engineer / CSET Team

Location

US-MD-Patuxent River

ID

2025-10299

Category

Network Engineering

Position Type

Regular Full-Time

Application Open Date

7 / 28 / 2025

Salary Statement

Estimated Starting Salary Range : USD $127,650.00 / Semi-Monthly - USD $212,750.00 / Semi-Monthly Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description

Performing as a member of CSET Team providing guidance and subject matter expertise to government personnel

• Supporting offensive security / red team / adversarial emulation testing
• Executing Red Team engagements in a variety of networks using real-world adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) from conception to report delivery
• Developing comprehensive security testing strategies and programs to provide assurance that security controls are designed and operating effectively
• Developing innovative accelerators, tools, mechanisms, and processes to enhance the security team's velocity and scale to customer needs
• Facilitating multiple stakeholders to agree on appropriate solutions and verifying that risks are mitigated appropriately
• Working independently but collaborate with cross-functional to provide security engineering consulting and control design recommendations to reduce risk
• Conducting open-source intelligence gathering, network vulnerability scanning, exploitation of vulnerable services, lateral movement, install persistence in a target network(s), and manage C2 infrastructure
• Systematically analyzing each component of an application with the intent of locating programming flaws that could be leveraged to compromise the software through source code review or reverse engineering
• Developing payloads, scripts and tools that weaponize new proof-of-concepts for exploitation, evasion, and lateral movement
• Safely utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures when in sensitive environments / devices
• Evading EDR devices such as Windows Defender and Carbon Black to avoid detection by Defenders / behavioral based alerting in order to further the engagement objectives
• Demonstrating expertise in one of the following : Active Directory, Software Development, Incident Response, or Cloud Infrastructure
• Carefully document and log all exploitation activities
• Continually exercise situational awareness in order to quickly identify any instances of cohabitation
• Documenting identified vulnerabilities and researching corrective / remediation actions in order to recommend a risk mitigation technique(s)
• Demonstrating new vulnerabilities and assist Network Defenders (Blue Team) with the refinement of detection capabilities
• Maintaining knowledge of applicable Red Team policies, Standing Ground Rules, regulations, and compliance documents
• Communicating effectively with team members especially during an engagement
• Ability to think unconventionally in order to develop adversarial TTPs
• Keeping current with TTPs and the latest offensive security techniques

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Requirements

CASP+ CE

Offensive Security Certified Engineer (OSCE)

Desired Skills

Clearance Information

SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS WELL AS, A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TOP SECRET / SCI LEVEL

Travel Requirements

n / a

About Us

Scientific Research Corporation is an advanced information technology and engineering company that provides innovative products and services to government and private industry, as well as independent institutions. At the core of our capabilities is a seasoned team of highly skilled engineers and scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds. This team is challenged daily to provide cutting edge technology solutions to our clients.

SRC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with a company match, life insurance, vacation and sick paid time off accruals starting at 10 days of vacation and 5 days of sick leave annually, 11 paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and a work environment that encourages excellence and more. For positions requiring a security clearance, selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

EEO

Scientific Research Corporation is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

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