Penetration Tester​/Secret

Required:

• 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
  • One or more of the following:
    • 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.

Peraton is currently seeking to hire an experienced Penetration Tester for its Federal Strategic Cyber Group.

Location:

Chandler, AZ and Washington DC.

• We are seeking to hire an experienced and highly skilled Penetration Tester to conduct advanced offensive security operations across diverse and high‑impact environments.
• This role supports critical national security missions by identifying vulnerabilities, emulating real‑world 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.

• Conduct full‑spectrum 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 proof‑of‑concepts, and deliver actionable, risk‑prioritized findings.
• Coordinate results and collaborate with SOC, IR, and engineering teams to support remediation and strengthen defensive posture.