Penetration Tester TS/SCI with Poly | On-Site

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness пакl

Internal mobility team dedicated to—-

Professional growth opportunities incl

Cutting-edge technology you can learn

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Penetration Tester to support customer security activities in McLean, Virginia.

The role focuses on identifying vulnerabilities across networks, applications, databases, and cloud services and delivering actionable risk-based recommendations. The successful candidate will perform aggressive testing, write comprehensive reports, and coordinate with developers, admins, PMs, and senior government stakeholders to strengthen security

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required in a related field
• 8+ years of experience in penetration testing or equivalent
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required
• Experience with NIST 800-53 and RMF Framework
• Certifications such as CEH and CPT are desirable
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal and external penetration testing of networks, web applications, databases, and cloud services
• Manually exploit and compromise networks, web apps, databases, and cloud services including privilege escalation
• Examine results of scanners and static code analyses to identify vulnerabilities
• Identify misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps
• Prepare final reports with risk, mitigation, and references
• Coordinate with developers, system admins, PMs, and senior stakeholders
• Provide security recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences
• Draft RoE, Test Plans, and SOPs
• Produce actionable threat-focused summary reports
• Conduct security research and provide findings to improve defenses

Skills

Strong writing skills

Experience with AWS and Azure Cloud

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related discipline

Tools

NIST 800-53

Risk Management Framework

AWS Cloud Security

Azure Cloud Security

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Penetration Tester to support customer security activities in McLean, Virginia.

The role focuses on identifying vulnerabilities across networks, applications, databases, and cloud services and delivering actionable risk-based recommendations. The successful candidate will perform aggressive testing, write comprehensive reports, and coordinate with developers, admins, PMs, and senior government stakeholders to strengthen security