Penetration Tester

Filetwigbay; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 81,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Cigna is scaling its technology platform in Texas, offering a role as Penetration Tester with ownership and mentorship. The position commands $81,000-$115,000 annually and promises growth and a fast track to senior roles.

Join a team focused on vulnerability assessment, cloud security, and infrastructure-as-code practices in Irving. The company values independent work and a bias for smart questions to prevent costly mistakes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years in a similar penetration tester role.
• Experience with vulnerability assessment processes.
• Familiarity with large-scale workflows.

Responsibilities

• Ship vulnerability assessment fixes to customers the same day they are reported.
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production.
• Pull Cigna's cloud security stack out of the TX region before migration.
• Hunt down latency spikes and performance issues.
• Promote work-life balance improvements.
• Track and report key performance metrics for tech services.
• Own data integrity across vulnerability stores.
• Lead empathy design reviews to catch costly mistakes.

Skills

Penetration testing

Vulnerability assessment

Cloud security

Infrastructure as code

Job description

Cigna is scaling its technology platform across TX, and the Penetration Tester we hire becomes one of its load-bearing decisions. Put your 5 years of experience to work in a $81,000 - $115,000 role with ownership, mentorship, and room to grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Ship Vulnerability Assessment fixes to Cigna customers in Irving, TX the same day they report them
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Pull Cigna's Cloud Security stack out of the TX region before the migration deadline
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at Cigna can explain
• Question the gloriously-unglamorous Work-Life Balance pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Own data integrity across Cigna's Vulnerability Assessment stores so Irving numbers never lie
• Lead Empathy design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Irving, TX builds them

What You'll Bring

• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Demonstrated knack for making the no-ego feel manageable
• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating
• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• Roughly 4+ years operating in a similar Penetration Tester position
• Familiarity with Cigna-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them

At Cigna, a feedback-driven Irving-based studio, the whole mission boils down to making Vulnerability Assessment feel effortless for everyone downstream. Learning out loud is encouraged here, so share the Work-Life Balance rabbit hole you fell down yesterday.

Your 5 of experience earn you $81,000 - $115,000 here, alongside mentorship and a fast track into senior technology roles.

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