Description

Job Description:

The Vulnerability Active Detection & Exploitation Research (VADER) group at Leidos currently has an opening for an experience penetration tester to join our internal red team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Must be able to handle the most dynamic and challenging scenarios encountered by the program and assist other analysts by providing direction and guidance when necessary.
• Responsible to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities in a wide array of systems in a variety of situations.
• Responsible for setting up scheduled and ad-hoc red team scenarios to highlight gaps impacting the organization’s security posture.
• Work both independently, as well as lead a team of technical testers on penetration testing and red team engagements.
• Perform in-depth analysis of red team engagements results and provide a detail report that describes findings, exploitation procedures, risks and recommendations.
• Execute penetration testing projects using the established methodology, tools and rules of engagements.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of experience in cybersecurity. Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
• 3 years minimum of work experience directly related to Red Team assessments, penetration testing (intranet, internet, web, wireless, social engineering).
• One of the following certifications: OSCP, OSWP, GPEN, GWAPT, OSCE, OSEE, GXPN.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Java, Perl, etc).
• Experience acting as a Subject Matter Expert or team lead providing guidance to others.
• Experience with reviewing cyber security vulnerabilities for risk and relevance.
• Experience in planning mitigations for systems vulnerabilities.
• US citizenship is required and able to obtain federal security clearance.
• Strong communication skills; able to successfully communicate with management personnel, technical personnel and third parties.

CyberCIS

External Referral Bonus:Eligible

Potential for Telework:Yes, 100%

Clearance Level Required:None

Travel:Yes, 10% of the time

Scheduled Weekly Hours:40

Shift:Day

Requisition Category:Professional

Job Family:Cyber Operations

Leidos is a Fortune 500^® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 38,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. For more information, visit .

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