Jr Cyber Penetration Tester

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Job Summary:

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence globally. They are seeking a Jr Cyber Penetration Tester to support their Department of State Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission program by assessing system security, identifying vulnerabilities, and performing penetration testing to enhance cyber security measures.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Penetration Testing (Red Cell) Team.

• Assess the current state of the customer's system security by identifying all vulnerabilities and security measures.

• Help customer perform analysis and mitigation of security vulnerabilities.

• Perform and report on penetration testing of systems, including cloud, to satisfy the NIST 800-53 CA-8 security control and using methodologies that may include, NIST SP 800-115, Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES), and Information Systems Security Assessment Framework (ISSAF).

• Stay abreast of current attack vectors and unique methods for exploitation of computer networks.

• Provide support to incident response teams through capability enhancement and reporting.

• Assist in maintaining Red Cell infrastructure.

• Develop or modify tools that automate discovery or exploitation (e.g. bash, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell).

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree and 2 years of related experience. An additional 4 years may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.

• Basic understanding of networking and security principles.

• Experience with evaluating system security configurations.

• Understand common Web Application vulnerabilities like SQLi, XSS, CSRF, and HTTP Flooding.

• Experience with penetration testing tools such as Metasploit, Burp Suite, Nmap, etc.

• Fundamentals of network routing & switching and assessing network device configurations.

• Familiarity in evaluating findings and performing root cause analysis.

• Demonstrated ability to work alone and/or within a small group.

• Must have ONE of the listed certifications below: CCNA Cyber Ops, CCNA-Security, CEH, CFR, Cloud+, CySA+, GCIA, GCIH, GICSP, or SCYBER

• U.S. citizenship required.

• An active Secret security clearance.

Preferred:

• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI.

Company:

Peraton Fearlessly solving the toughest national security challenges. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.