External Title Penetration Tester​/Active Secret

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking an experienced Cyber Penetration Tester to become part of Peratons’ Federal Strategic Cyber programs.

Location:
Northern VA;
Hybrid - flexible as long as person can come on-site as & when needed.

In this role, you will:

• Support the Red Cell Team by performing and leading penetration tests to assess the security of customer systems.
• Identify vulnerabilities and develop recommended remediations to satisfy mandated NIST 800-53 security controls.
• Report and demonstrate findings to system owners and engineers.
• Maintain Red Cell infrastructure.
• Develop or modify tools to automate discovery or exploitation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science and 5 years experience, or a Master's of Science and 3 years of experience. In lieu of a degree, 4 years of additional experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 2 years with penetration testing experience.
• Possess one of the following certifications, OR be able to obtain before start date:
  • CCNA Cyber Ops, CCNA-Security, CEH, CFR, Cloud+, CySA+, GCIA, GCIH, GICSP, SCYBER, Security+ CE, SSCP
• Demonstrated experience with Kali Linux.
• Demonstrated penetration testing tools experience with Nmap, Burp Suite, Metasploit, etc.
• Demonstrated ability in evaluating vulnerabilities, performing root cause analysis, and reporting findings utilizing assessment methodologies such as NIST SP 800-115, Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES), Information Systems Security Assessment Framework (ISSAF), OWASP Web Security Testing Guide (WTG), etc.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a penetration test and guide Senior/Junior Penetration Testers.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• An active Secret security clearance.
  • Must have the ability to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance.

Preferred:

• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
• One of the following certifications or an alternate, verifiable certification demonstrating IT security competence:
  • CompTIA CASP+
  • ISC2 Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP)
  • ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
  • ISC2 Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)
• One of the following certifications or an alternate, verifiable certification demonstrating practical penetration testing competence:
  • Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
  • Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
  • Hack the Box Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS)
  • TCM Security Practical Network Penetration Tester (PNPT)
  • GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN)
  • Zero Point Security Red Team Ops II
• Advanced understanding of the following:
  • NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) and the Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process.
  • Security principles such as CIA, IAAAA, access control models, risk management, etc.
  • Networking principles and technologies such as IP routing, TCP/UDP, VPNs, firewalls, NAT, etc.
  • Common network protocols such as SSH, FTP, SMTP, SMB, HTTP, etc.
  • Operating system principles such as process management, device management, user management, file systems, etc.
  • Data processing principles such as encoding, hashing, encryption, etc.
  • Scripting and programming languages such as Bash, Python, Power Shell, JavaScript, etc.
  • Common application vulnerabilities and exploits such as outdated components,
  • permissions mis-configurations, lack of input validation, logging/monitoring failures, etc.
  • Common web application vulnerabilities and exploits such as XSS, SQLi, LFI, file uploads, broken authentication mechanisms, etc.
  • Active Directory (AD) enumeration and attacks such as kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, abusing mis-configured privileges, crafting golden tickets, etc.
  • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and navigating IT environments implementing multifactor authentication.
  • Cloud technologies and…