Senior Penetration Tester - Hands-On Security Assessor

Dale Workforce Solutions; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Dale Workforce Solutions in Columbia, SC, seeks a senior penetration tester within the Cyber Threat Intelligence (SecOps) team. The role focuses on hands-on testing across applications, infrastructure, and incident response to identify vulnerabilities before attackers act.

You will work alongside experienced professionals in an environment that values knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and high-quality security work, with strong collaboration and practical remediation focus.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and executing security tests across applications, systems, and infrastructure.
• Hands-on use of Linux-based environments and tools (Burp Suite, Metasploit, Nessus) for testing.
• Ability to validate findings, document evidence, and communicate risk to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute security tests against applications, systems, and infrastructure to uncover vulnerabilities.
• Utilize Linux-based tooling to perform web app testing, vulnerability scanning, and exploitation validation.
• Review scope, analyze results, run scans, and document evidence to determine real-world risk.

Skills

Linux

Penetration testing tools

Tools

BurpSuite

Metasploit

Nessus

Job description

Dale Workforce Solutions in Columbia, SC, seeks a senior penetration tester within the Cyber Threat Intelligence (SecOps) team. The role focuses on hands-on testing across applications, infrastructure, and incident response to identify vulnerabilities before attackers act.

You will work alongside experienced professionals in an environment that values knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and high-quality security work, with strong collaboration and practical remediation focus.