Senior Penetration Tester | Threat-Based Security Impact

Cybersecurity Jobs; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Comprehensive health and wellness

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Cybersecurity Jobs is seeking an experienced security professional for an onsite role in McLean, VA. You will run internal and external penetration tests, translate findings into threat-based reports, and help strengthen defense mechanisms using cutting-edge technology.

The ideal candidate has deep penetration testing expertise, strong writing skills for reports, and experience with AWS/Azure Cloud Security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline

Responsibilities

• Conduct penetration testing across networks, web applications, databases, and cloud services (internal and external)
• Manually exploit and compromise target environments, including privilege escalation and lateral movement
• Review and analyze findings from web/OS scanners, scanning results, and static source code analysis
• Identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance issues during security assessments
• Produce final penetration testing reports and defend findings, including risk/vulnerability details, mitigation strategies, and references
• Coordinate with diverse audiences including developers, system administrators, project managers, and senior government stakeholders
• Write and maintain Rules of Engagement (RoE), Test Plans, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Create actionable, threat-based outputs that support continuous improvement to security defense mechanisms
• Perform security reviews and technical research, then report results to increase security effectiveness

Skills

Penetration testing

AWS

Azure Cloud Security

NIST 800-53

RMF

Strong writing skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

CEH

CPT

Job description

Cybersecurity Jobs is seeking an experienced security professional for an onsite role in McLean, VA. You will run internal and external penetration tests, translate findings into threat-based reports, and help strengthen defense mechanisms using cutting-edge technology.

The ideal candidate has deep penetration testing expertise, strong writing skills for reports, and experience with AWS/Azure Cloud Security.