Penetration Tester

Company Description

Steel Toad is a cybersecurity firm focused on mitigating risk, increasing organizational resilience, and protecting critical data while supporting regulatory compliance. As a HUBZone Certified Small Business with over 20 years of cybersecurity experience across its team, Steel Toad delivers cyber assessments, security services, and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions to public sector and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) clients. The company holds multiple accreditations and certifications, including ISO 9001, ISO 20000-1:2018, ISO 27001:2022, and operates as a CMMC Third-Party Independent Assessment Organization (C3

PAO) and A2LA accredited provider. Steel Toad is deeply familiar with frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53/30/66, CMMC, RMF, HIPAA, and FISMA, and designs tailored solutions addressing complex security needs. Team members collaborate closely with government agencies and regulated organizations to strengthen cyber resilience through services like penetration testing, red teaming, vulnerability management, and continuous monitoring.

the Vulnerability Assessment Analyst and Penetration Tester delivers continuous cyber assessments, solves complex technology problems, builds tools, and helps identify, influence, and mitigate threats. This role performs manual assessments of systems, services, and software, specializing in security issues beyond those identified by static analysis tools. The individual helps ensure services, applications, and websites are designed and implemented to the highest security standards.

Responsibilities include application and hardware penetration testing, automating repetitive tasks with scripting languages, mentoring and leading engineers through complex penetration tests and vulnerability assessments, advancing penetration testing capabilities through automation and tooling, and creating threat mitigation plans.

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Cyber Operations, Cyber Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics with a concentration in Computer Science, or an equivalent discipline.

• DoW 8570.01-M in accordance with DFARS  Baseline Certification: minimum CSSP Auditor.
• One of the following certifications:
  Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE), Offensive Security Exploitation Expert (OSEE), or Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP).

Seven (7) years of full-time professional experience conducting penetration testing or offensive cyber operations in the following areas:

• Developing and using penetration testing tools such as Metasploit, NMAP, Kali Linux, and Cobalt Strike.
• Mimicking threat behavior.
• Using multiple operating systems, including Linux, Windows, macOS, and related platforms.
• Identifying gaps in tools and development techniques.
• Developing with at least two scripting or programming languages, such as Python, C++, Java, Rust, Assembly, or C#.

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Cyber Operations, Cyber Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics with a concentration in Computer Science, or an equivalent discipline.

• DoD 8570.01-M in accordance with DFARS  Baseline Certification: minimum CSSP Auditor.
• One of the following certifications:
  Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE), Offensive Security Exploitation Expert (OSEE), or Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP).

• New employees are eligible to participate in the company’s benefits plan on their date of hire unless noted otherwise.
• Medical insurance.
• Vision and dental insurance.
• Long-term disability, short-term disability, group life, and AD&D insurance: 100% employer paid.
• Health Savings Account.
• 401(k) Savings Plan: 100% match for the first 3% contributed, plus 50% of…