DAST-Focused Penetration Tester & On-Call Security Lead

Investment Solutions Group; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Investment Solutions Group in Newark, NJ is seeking a contract role focused on writing clean, performant DAST code that runs in production. The team pays $95,000 - $138,000 and supports you with mentorship to strengthen your technology career while you own critical subsystems.

You will partner with QA, mentor the mid-level cohort, and drive improvements in security, time management, and overall performance at scale.

Qualifications

• 3+ years owning outcomes, not just completing tasks.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a mid-level capacity.
• Proven vulnerability assessment judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit.
• Hands-on familiarity with Time Management and Security Awareness Training side projects.
• Empathy to deliver hard feedback and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early
• Mentor the mid-level cohort through their first real Work Ethic on-call
• Chase down the Security Awareness Training integration that silently drops Investment Solutions Group events at midnight
• Hand off Digital Forensics runbooks so the next on-call at Investment Solutions Group sleeps better
• Own the Time Management subsystem that the rest of Investment Solutions Group depends on
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale

Skills

Vulnerability assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Time management

Performance optimization

On-call experience

Job description

Investment Solutions Group in Newark, NJ is seeking a contract role focused on writing clean, performant DAST code that runs in production. The team pays $95,000 - $138,000 and supports you with mentorship to strengthen your technology career while you own critical subsystems.

You will partner with QA, mentor the mid-level cohort, and drive improvements in security, time management, and overall performance at scale.