Cybersecurity Test Engineer — Remote (Florida)

Emerging Tech, LLC; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerging Tech is seeking two Technical Testers in Florida, with remote work possible and Tallahassee metro within 50 miles preferred. The role focuses on hands-on cybersecurity testing, evidence collection, and compliance-ready documentation under supervision by the Technical Lead and SMEs.

Requires 5+ years of security testing experience and Florida residency. Candidates must hold CEH/CISA/CISSP or equivalent, with additional security certs preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience conducting technical security assessments.
• Experience producing technical documentation for audit or compliance reviews.
• Experience working to written procedures in production environments.
• Must reside in Florida.

Responsibilities

• Execute approved testing procedures precisely as written and document deviations, interruptions, or anomalies.
• Perform vulnerability scanning, configuration reviews, control validation, and cloud security assessments.
• Execute controlled adversary simulation steps, privilege escalation testing, and access control validation.
• Capture and preserve technical evidence with synchronized timestamps for audit review.
• Assemble testing workpapers and complete evidence packages for quality assurance review.
• Perform remediation verification testing and document results against the original finding.
• Analyze logs and monitoring activity to support testing and detection validation.
• Elevate anomalous or unexpected system behavior per stop work procedures.

Skills

Vulnerability scanning

Configuration validation

Log analysis

Cloud security

Adversary simulations

Privilege escalation testing

Access control validation

Scripting: PowerShell/Python/Bash

Vulnerability scoring & risk prioritiz

Testing workpapers

Tools

Nessus

OpenVAS

Burp Suite

BloodHound

Kali Linux

Wazuh

Elastic Stack

Wireshark

Nmap

Microsoft Defender

Entra ID

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Emerging Tech is seeking two Technical Testers in Florida, with remote work possible and Tallahassee metro within 50 miles preferred. The role focuses on hands-on cybersecurity testing, evidence collection, and compliance-ready documentation under supervision by the Technical Lead and SMEs.

Requires 5+ years of security testing experience and Florida residency. Candidates must hold CEH/CISA/CISSP or equivalent, with additional security certs preferred.