Red Team Penetration Tester — Active Clearance for DoD Ops

SimVentions; Morganza (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Ownership

Company-paid Training

Health Insurance

ESOP

401(k)

Job summary

SimVentions is seeking an experienced Red Team Penetration Tester to conduct offensive cybersecurity operations for U.S. Government and DoD systems. You will collaborate with Blue Team and cybersecurity professionals to enhance overall posture.

Minimum Five years of software engineering applied to DoD/IT systems, strong Linux and Windows knowledge, and proficiency with Kali, Metasploit, NMAP, and Cobalt Strike are required. Active Secret clearance is required; TS with SCI is preferred.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years' experience in software engineering applied to program development; modeling and simulation applied to DoD or Information Technology systems.
• Linux (firm grasp with demonstrated knowledge)
• Windows (foundational knowledge with good understanding of enterprise networks)
• Documented experience in at least one of the following: Penetration Testing (PENTEST), Red Team Operations, Tool/Software Development (exploits/malware, C2, reverse engineering, bug bounties)
• Active Directory, SSO, MFA, Azure application integration, Identity Federation.
• Experience with AWS, Cloud Audit, Serverless and Microservice Architecture
• Experience with Web Services penetration testing (RESTful and SOAP) Web Authentication protocols (e.g. OAuth2, SAML, LDAP)
• Minimum certification one of the following: Security+, CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP
• Minimum certification as penetration tester: OSCP, OSCE, OSEE, OSWP or SANS GPEN/GWAPT/GXPN/GTN etc.
• Capture the Flag participation (DEFCON, OTW, Hack the Box)
• Security research resulting in a CVE

Responsibilities

• Debug and reverse engineer software.
• Analyze Windows Events and Linux syslog's, boot logs and dmesg logs.
• Program and debug Web 2.0, Java, Perl, Ada, C++, TCL/tk scripts and GUIs.
• Recommend software modifications to systems to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
• Operate and administer computer systems running HP-UX, UNIX, Solaris, Linux and Windows.
• Identify security flaws in compiled and human readable source code.
• Understand NSA encryption technologies and apply DISA STIGs.
• Participate in Code Reviews and Static Analysis.
• Contribute to SSAOM document.

Skills

Linux

Windows

Penetration Testing

Python

C

C++

Go

Powershell

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Kali

Metasploit

NMAP

Cobalt Strike

Job description

SimVentions is seeking an experienced Red Team Penetration Tester to conduct offensive cybersecurity operations for U.S. Government and DoD systems. You will collaborate with Blue Team and cybersecurity professionals to enhance overall posture.

Minimum Five years of software engineering applied to DoD/IT systems, strong Linux and Windows knowledge, and proficiency with Kali, Metasploit, NMAP, and Cobalt Strike are required. Active Secret clearance is required; TS with SCI is preferred.