Cyber Security Project Engineer – Penetration Testing

Socket.dev; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Competitive compensation and benefits

Paid training and tuition reimbursemen

Referral bonuses

Fully paid medical

401k matching

Life and disability

Time off and site events

Job summary

Freedom Technology Solutions Group in Herndon, VA seeks a Cyber Security Project Engineer to join a team delivering advanced penetration testing services for enterprise cybersecurity equities. The role focuses on targeting, assessing, and exploiting risks to provide senior decision makers with actionable data for strategic investments.

Responsibilities include documenting risks, testing plans, reviewing system documentation, and briefing management on findings and actions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated work experience in cyber security or related IT field.
• Demonstrated experience with cyber penetration testing.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging adversarial tactics to conduct hands-on security testing.
• Demonstrated experience applying computer attack methods and system exploitation techniques.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of cyber security principles for Linux, Windows, and virtual platforms.
• Demonstrated experience designing, testing, or implementing IT security architecture.
• Demonstrated experience performing network security analysis.

Responsibilities

• The Contractor shall document all identified system risks, planned test procedures, and results.
• The Contractor shall perform analyses of vulnerabilities identified during testing.
• The Contractor shall review program-level documentation such as requirements specification, system architecture, design documents, test plans, security plans.
• The Contractor shall create and document penetration testing plans and procedures.
• The Contractor shall conduct hands-on penetration testing by leveraging approved testing plans and procedures.
• The Contractor shall analyze penetration test results, document risks, and recommend countermeasures to uncovered risks.
• The Contractor shall participate or lead technical exchange meetings and application review boards.
• The Contractor shall document action items and results from technical exchange meetings and application review boards.
• The Contractor shall brief management on the status of action items and results of activities.

Skills

Cyber security

Penetration testing

Adversarial tactics

IT security principles

Linux

Windows

Virtual platforms

Network security analysis

Network architectures

Risk management

Hypervisors

Windows installations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering

Certifications: CEH, OSCP, GPEN

Tools

Google Cloud Computing Services

Job description

Freedom Technology Solutions Group in Herndon, VA seeks a Cyber Security Project Engineer to join a team delivering advanced penetration testing services for enterprise cybersecurity equities. The role focuses on targeting, assessing, and exploiting risks to provide senior decision makers with actionable data for strategic investments.

Responsibilities include documenting risks, testing plans, reviewing system documentation, and briefing management on findings and actions.