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Security Software Engineer – Red Team Penetration Tester Security Clearance

Job in Dahlgren, King George County, Virginia, 22448, USA
Listing for: RPI Group, Inc
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-05
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Network Security, Security Management & Operations, Information Security & Data Protection
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 110000 - 150000 USD Yearly USD 110000.00 150000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Security Software Engineer – Red Team Penetration Tester with Security Clearance
Position Title:

Security Software Engineer – Red Team Penetration Testers
Salary Range: $110,000 to $150,000 Annually

Location:

Dahlgren, VA About the Role RPI Group is seeking a skilled, driven Security Software Engineer to support Red Team penetration testing for a mission-focused Navy customer. If you are energized by complex technical challenges, enjoy finding and analyzing security weaknesses, and want your work to inform real-world defensive decisions, this role is for you. What We’re Looking For Five (5) Years experience in: ◦ Linux – firm grasp/demonstrated knowledge ◦ Associated Training: COMPTIA Linux+ or FedVTE Linux+ Five (5) Years experience in:
• Windows – foundational knowledge with good understanding of enterprise networks
• Associated Training:
Microsoft course (MCSA; Various) Strong working knowledge of common Penetration Testing (PENTEST) tools: ◦ Kali, Metasploit, NMAP, Cobalt Strike ◦ Associated Training:
Certified Ethical Hacker or Offensive Security Certified Professional and;
Documented experience in at least one of the following:
• Penetration Testing (PENTEST) (government or contractor)
• Red Team Operations (government or contractor)
• Tool/Software Development (exploits/malware, C2, reverse engineering, bug bounties)
• Python, C, C Sharp, C++, Go, Perl, Powershell
• Web Dev/Web App Dev/Web Penetration testing
• NSX, vCenter, vRealize Suite, Horizon View (VDI) and others
• PAN-OS
• Fire Power, Nexus, IOS, ASA
• ONTAP, Snap Mirror
• Active-Directory
• Entra  (Azure AD), Active Directory, SSO, MFA, Azure application integration, Identity Federation.
• Automation using Powershell, Power Automate, Logic Apps, Graph API.
• Microsoft Entra  Microsoft 365 in a hybrid environment.
• Experience with Palo Alto, Cisco, VMWare, Net App and Microsoft products.
• Extending or integrating on premises AD with Entra .
• Managing identity and access in Microsoft Entra .
• Experience conducting Red Team operations in an MDE environment.
• Experience with AWS, Cloud Audit, Serverless and Microservice Architecture
• Experience working with AWS services (such as EC2, S3, KMS, RDS) and security best practices relevant to those services
• Experience with Web Services penetration testing (RESTful and SOAP) Web Authentication protocols (e.g. OAuth2, SAML, LDAP) PHP, ASP, SQL db's, Java, HTML, No SQL Minimum certification as IAT Level II per DoD 8570.01, or successor. Minimum certification as penetration tester and possess one of the following certificates:
• Offensive Security Certs:
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE), Offensive Security Exploitation Expert (OSEE), Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP)
• SANS Certs: SEC
560 - Network Penetration testing and Ethical Hacking (GPEN Certification), SEC
542 - Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking (GWAPT Certification), SEC
660 - Advance Penetration Testing. Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking (GXPN Certification), SEC
642
-Advanced Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, SEC
564
- • Red Team Operations and Threat Emulation
• OSD Sponsored Cyber Operation Academy Course (COAC) graduates.
• Capture the Flag (CTF) participation (DEFCON, Over-The-Wire (OTW), Hack the Box, USS Secure CTF's)
• Security research resulting in a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Possess the ability to:
• Debug and reverse engineer software.
• Analyze Windows Events and Linux syslog's, boot logs and dmesg logs.
• Program and debug Web 2.0, Java, Perl, Ada, C++, Tool Command Language (tcl/tk) scripts and graphical user interfaces (GUis) using Microsoft Visual tel and Rational Clear Case for software configuration management.
• Program and debug Web 2.0, Java, Perl, Ada, C++, Tool Command Language (tcl/tk) scripts and graphical user interfaces (GUis) using Microsoft Visual tel and Rational Clear Case for software configuration management.
• Recommend software modifications to systems to mitigate known vulnerabilities. Operate and administrate computer systems running HP-UX, UNIX, Solaris, Linux and Microsoft Windows.
• Identify security flaws in compiled and human readable source code.…
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