Senior Penetration Tester (TS/SCI Poly)

Amentum; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 175,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Penetration Tester 3 in Columbia, MD to join a team supporting mission-critical projects for national security. You will provide testing expertise across the Risk Management Framework, conduct vulnerability and penetration testing, and evaluate emerging technologies in information systems security.

Qualified candidates will have DoD 8570 IAT III certifications, 8+ years of related testing experience, and a TS/SCI Poly clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Engineering, or related field.
• In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, 12 years of Penetration Testing experience may be substituted for 12 years total experience.
• DoD 8570 compliance with IAT III required (CASP+CE, CCNP Security, CISA, GCED, GCIH, CCSP, CISSP or Associate).
• Eight (8) years of related Penetration Testing experience with network and application testing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert providing testing expertise of the Risk Management Framework.
• Direct and/or participate in testing of security controls assessments using network protocols and systems knowledge.
• Perform vulnerability and penetration testing using a wide variety of tools.
• Research and interpret agency-specific and federal security regulations.
• Perform network and application-level testing using established testing protocols and methods.

Skills

Penetration testing

Network testing

Application testing

DoD 8570 IAT III

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related

12 years total experience substitute

Tools

CISSP

CISA

GCED

GCIH

CCSP

CASP+CE

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Penetration Tester 3 in Columbia, MD to join a team supporting mission-critical projects for national security. You will provide testing expertise across the Risk Management Framework, conduct vulnerability and penetration testing, and evaluate emerging technologies in information systems security.

Qualified candidates will have DoD 8570 IAT III certifications, 8+ years of related testing experience, and a TS/SCI Poly clearance.