Elite Penetration Testing & Assessments Lead

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI is seeking a Senior Penetration Tester and Assessments Lead to plan and lead controlled technical assessments of customer networks, applications, cloud workloads, identity systems, and externally exposed assets.

This role is the senior engagement lead: it owns assessment scoping, technical planning, day-to-day execution, evidence quality, reporting, and customer out-brief support for assigned engagements.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Eligible for Public Trust fitness determination (High Risk).
• Ability to work in remote environments with customer tools and rules.
• 5+ years hands-on penetration testing, 2+ years leading assessments.
• Experience across internal/external networks, web apps, AD, Linux, cloud.
• Advanced experience with common assessment tools listed above.
• Strong manual testing, exploit validation, and evidence preservation.

Responsibilities

• Lead penetration-testing engagements from scoping to remediation.
• Translate objectives into an explicit assessment plan with boundaries.
• Direct and mentor junior testers while remaining hands-on.
• Validate vulnerabilities and demonstrate exploit paths without disruption.
• Review findings, assign severity, and prioritize remediation.
• Deliver clear reports and participate in customer out-briefs.

Skills

Penetration testing

Team leadership

Scoping & planning

Reporting & briefing

Manual testing

Vulnerability assessment

Exploit validation

Education

OSCP/OSEP/OSCE/OSWE/GWAPT/PNPT

CISA AES/HVA Lead or Technical Lead (des.)

Tools

Nmap

Nessus/Tenable

Burp Suite Pro

OWASP ZAP

Metasploit

BloodHound

PowerView

Impacket

Certipy/Certify

Wireshark/tcpdump

Job description

CACI is seeking a Senior Penetration Tester and Assessments Lead to plan and lead controlled technical assessments of customer networks, applications, cloud workloads, identity systems, and externally exposed assets.

This role is the senior engagement lead: it owns assessment scoping, technical planning, day-to-day execution, evidence quality, reporting, and customer out-brief support for assigned engagements.