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We are seeking to hire an experienced and highly skilled Penetration Tester to conduct advanced offensive security operations across diverse and highimpact environments.
- This role supports critical national security missions by identifying vulnerabilities, emulating realworld adversaries, and strengthening defensive cyber capabilities across enterprise, cloud, mobile, IoT, and High Value Asset (HVA) systems.
- You will lead technical engagements, drive red team operations, and collaborate closely with SOC, incident response, and engineering teams to ensure findings translate into measurable security improvements.
You will:
- Conduct fullspectrum penetration testing across enterprise, cloud, mobile, IoT, and HVA environments.
- Lead and execute adversary emulation and red team operations to validate SOC detection and response capabilities.
- Serve as technical or team lead for offensive security engagements, including scoping, planning, execution, and reporting.
- Identify exploitable vulnerabilities, develop proofofconcepts, and deliver actionable, riskprioritized findings.
- Coordinate results and collaborate with SOC, IR, and engineering teams to support remediation and strengthen defensive posture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, or related field and 5 years of relevant experience. An additional 4 years will be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on penetration testing experience.
- Experience with Red Team, IoT, Mobile, Cloud, and HVA testing.
- Team lead, supervisory, or management experience.
- Certification:
- GPEN or GXPN
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One or more of the following: o GRTP, CRTL, OSCP, CRTP, CMWAPT, CEPT, CPT, or LPT
- CISA AES HVA Assessment Lead or Technical Lead certification
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Active Secret security clearance.
About the company
Peraton is currently seeking to hire an experienced Penetration Tester for its Federal Strategic Cyber Group., Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure. Target Salary Range
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