Penetration Tester

Penetration Tester

Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a Penetration Tester to support CyberPRIMES cybersecurity privacy records and information management and related enterprise support for DHRA including DMDC and OUSD(P&R). Come join our award-winning organization and work with some of the most talented and brightest minds in the GovCon industry.

Clearance: Active Secret

Location: Alexandria VA

Responsibilities

• Conduct Government-selected penetration-testing assessments and threat-hunting exercises in accordance with CSD-SOP-054 and NIST SP 800-115.
• Develop test plans and methodologies execute assessments and prepare post-assessment out-briefs and final reports.
• Conduct cooperative testing with cyber-tool administrators SOC and incident-response analysts and SIEM content developers to validate detection and alerting.
• Perform pre-audit penetration testing and maintain Government-furnished penetration-testing laptops and tools.
• Research emerging and existing threats and develop methodologies to identify areas of risk likely to be targeted by an intruder.
• Apply established penetration-testing methodologies and commercial or open-source offensive tools across networks web applications applications and code including support to Red and Blue Team activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and three years of experience.
• Must be U.S. Citizen
• A Secret clearance is required when the assigned duties require classified information or SIPRNet access.