Penetration Tester

Retail Excellence Corp; Wichita (KS); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Personalized development plan

Job summary

Retail Excellence Corp in Wichita, KS is seeking a Penetration Tester who combines CEH/OWASP Top 10 acumen with engineering rigor. This role fits a 4-year threat modeling background and offers a challenging path for hands-on security testing and architectural reviews.

You will evaluate tools, review PRs, decode legacy Metasploit work, optimize performance, and document decisions for the broader org. Expect a hybrid schedule and a personalized development plan tailored to your technology career

Qualifications

• Experience as a mid-level Penetration Tester
• Familiar with OWASP Top 10
• Ability to present to leadership and manage priorities
• Proven track record delivering results in security testing
• Strong leadership and teamwork abilities
• Solid OAuth 2.0 grounding, plus customer service skills

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Threat Modeling libraries
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Decode the undocumented Metasploit service nobody at Retail Excellence Corp remembers writing
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org

Skills

Threat modeling

Leadership

Time management

Communication

Pattern recognition

Tools

Metasploit

Job description

You can write CEH that works or OWASP Top 10 that lasts; our Penetration Tester role at Retail Excellence Corp is for engineers who insist on both. Sized right for 4 years of Threat Modeling, this KS role pays $69,000 - $93,000 and opens a path you actually want to walk.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Threat Modeling libraries
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Decode the undocumented Metasploit service nobody at Retail Excellence Corp remembers writing
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org

What You’ll Bring

• Demonstrated comfort presenting to mid-level leadership
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines
• Pattern recognition earned across many technology engagements
• Proven track record delivering results as a mid-level Penetration Tester
• A knack for OWASP Top 10 that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• Fluency in Team Leadership earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• Solid OAuth 2.0 grounding, plus Customer Service you can pick up on the fly

Here at Retail Excellence Corp, we combine ruthlessly-focused engineering with a relentless focus on the customers we serve in Wichita, KS. Inclusion isn't a slogan here; it shapes how we hire, promote, and run every meeting.

You’ll receive $69,000 - $93,000, a hybrid schedule, and a personalized development plan tailored to your technology career goals.