Penetration Tester

Civic Innovation Lab; Fayetteville (AR); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Paid volunteer days

Clear opportunities for advancement

Job summary

Civic Innovation Lab in Fayetteville, AR is hiring a Penetration Tester for a full-time role. The position offers $73,000 - $113,000 and flexible remote work. You will drive testing and security adoption, own system lifecycles, and collaborate with product and design to ship features end-to-end.

We value hands-on DAST experience, strong follow-through, and the ability to document as you work. Expect opportunities for advancement and a supportive team culture.

Qualifications

• Hands-on DAST experience required.
• Proven follow-through demonstrated by shipped work.
• Discipline to document while it's fresh.
• Comfort presenting to mid-level leadership.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of testing, security, and observability best practices.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements.
• Build accessible front-end interfaces with CISM.
• Surface insights from production systems with data teams.
• Own full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production.
• Collaborate with product and design to ship features end-to-end.
• Stand up observability to catch failures before customers.
• Bridge Endpoint Detection and Response with OWASP Top 10 so platforms talk.

Skills

DAST experience

Follow-through

Documentation discipline

Leadership communication

Tools

CISM

OWASP Top 10

Job description

The right Penetration Tester sees a flaky test not as noise but as a clue, and Civic Innovation Lab in Fayetteville, AR has clues worth chasing. This full-time job in AR answers 3 years of effort with $73,000 - $113,000 and answers ambition with a clear way up.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with CISM
• Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Stand up observability so Civic Innovation Lab sees failures before customers in AR do
• Bridge Endpoint Detection and Response and OWASP Top 10 so the two halves of Civic Innovation Lab's platform finally talk

What You'll Bring

• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a full-time project
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• Hands-on DAST experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to mid-level leadership

We are Civic Innovation Lab, an inclusive technology company headquartered in Fayetteville, AR. Our Fayetteville team would rather over-communicate than leave a teammate guessing at midnight.

We combine $73,000 - $113,000 with flexible remote work, paid volunteer days, and clear opportunities for advancement.

As of this visit, Civic Innovation Lab is actively reviewing for the Penetration Tester role.