Offensive Operator Pen Tester (Fully Remote)

Alpha Origin; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha Origin is seeking an experienced penetration tester to scope, plan, and execute testing across web apps, APIs, networks, and wireless targets. The role covers physical entry and social engineering engagements for critical facilities.

You will write detailed reports and guide client scoping discussions. The candidate should have 10+ years of hands-on pentesting, including binary and firmware reverse engineering, and be comfortable leading junior testers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on penetration testing across application, network, and wireless targets.
• Ability to read binaries and reverse engineer binaries and firmware.
• Willingness to travel and obtain government clearance if required.

Responsibilities

• Scope, plan, and execute penetration tests against web applications, APIs, thick clients, and virtualized environments.
• Assess web applications, APIs, networks, and mobile apps for vulnerabilities including business logic and injection flaws.
• Test wireless architectures, RF communications, IoT, embedded devices; reverse engineer binaries/firmware.
• Write clear, accurate reports and lead technical scoping calls with client teams.

Skills

Penetration testing

Security assessments

Mentoring

Team leadership

Job description

• You'll scope, plan, and execute penetration tests against web applications, APIs, thick clients, and virtualized environments.
• You'll extend into wireless and RF, and lead covert physical entry and social engineering operations against critical facilities.

What You'll Do:

• Assess web applications, APIs, networks, and mobile applications for vulnerabilities, including business logic and injection flaws.
• Test wireless architectures, RF communications, IoT, and embedded devices, and reverse engineer binaries and firmware.
• Write clear, accurate reports and lead technical scoping calls with client teams.

The Person:

• You have 10+ years of hands-on penetration testing across application, network, and wireless targets.
• You're comfortable reading binaries, bypassing physical security controls, and mentoring junior testers.

Working Conditions:

• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a government clearance if required.
• Travel to client sites may be required for physical and on-site engagements.

Alpha Origin is a profitable, bootstrapped operational engineering firm that helps operators find where their systems are vulnerable to compromise or failure, then engineer and test fixes. The company is small and high-trust, with direct access to senior leaders and clients, a culture of ownership, and fast scope growth.