Remote Penetration Testing Lead - Offensive Security

VulnU; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Penetration Testing Lead to join our remote team. You will lead offensive security assessments across networks, applications, APIs, and AWS, setting testing strategy and mentoring junior testers. You must be a U.S.

citizen with the ability to obtain Public Trust, with experience in red-team exercises and frameworks like NIST SP 800-115, MITRE ATT&CK, and RVA standards. Work with security, cloud, and development teams to translate findings into actionable remediation and

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• Experience conducting penetration testing across networks, applications, APIs and cloud environments.
• Experience planning and executing red team exercises and adversary emulation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute penetration testing assessments across network infrastructure, applications, APIs, and cloud environments.
• Plan and conduct red team exercises to simulate adversary tactics and test detections.
• Mentor junior testers and share best practices.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red team

AWS cloud

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Pentera

Cymulate

Picus Security

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Penetration Testing Lead to join our remote team. You will lead offensive security assessments across networks, applications, APIs, and AWS, setting testing strategy and mentoring junior testers. You must be a U.S.

citizen with the ability to obtain Public Trust, with experience in red-team exercises and frameworks like NIST SP 800-115, MITRE ATT&CK, and RVA standards. Work with security, cloud, and development teams to translate findings into actionable remediation and