Government and Public Sector - Cybersecurity - Penetration Tester Manager

$143,500 - $299,100/Yr

Ernst & Young - Denver, CO

Full-time - Senior

Denver, CO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. We are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. The exceptional EY experience is yours to build. EY focuses on high ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities. From strategy to execution, the Government & Public Sector practice ("GPS") of Ernst & Young LLP provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal, State, Local, and Education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military, veterans, and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world. Our cybersecurity professionals possess diverse industry knowledge, along with unique technical expertise and specialized skills. The team works together in planning, pursuing, delivering, and managing engagements to assess, improve, build, and in some cases operate integrated security operations for our clients. We will support you with career-long training and coaching to develop your skills. As EY is a global leading service provider in this space, you will be working with the best of the best in a collaborative environment. So, whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Responsibilities

• Perform penetration testing which includes internet, intranet, wireless, web application, social engineering, and physical penetration testing.
• Execute red team scenarios to highlight gaps impacting organizations' security postures.
• Ability to work both independently as well as lead a team of technical testers on penetration testing and red team engagements.
• Provide technical leadership and advise junior team members on attack and penetration test engagements.
• Identify and exploit security vulnerabilities in a wide array of systems in a variety of situations.
• Perform in-depth analysis of penetration testing results and create reports that describe findings, exploitation procedures, risks, and recommendations.
• Execute penetration testing projects using the established methodology, tools, and rules of engagements.
• Convey complex technical security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences including executives.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree and at least 5+ years of related work experience.
• Experience with manual attack and penetration testing.
• Experience with scripting/programming skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Java, Perl, etc.).
• Updated and familiarized with the latest exploits and security trends.
• Experience to lead a technical team to conduct remote and on-site penetration testing within defined rules of engagement.
• Familiarity to perform network penetration testing that involves avoiding detection and common alert thresholds on endpoints and security tooling.
• Any two of the following certifications: OSCP, OSWP, GPEN, GWAPT, OSCE, OSEE, GXPN.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel up to 60%, domestically and internationally to meet client needs.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret-level clearance or higher.

Nice-to-haves

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field with at least three years of related work experience or a master's degree and at least two years of related work experience in penetration testing.
• Knowledge of Windows, Linux, Unix, and any other major operating systems.
• Familiarity with the latest exploits, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP), vulnerability remediation, and security trends in Cloud implementations.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP network protocols.
• Deep understanding and experience with various Active Directory attack techniques.
• Understanding of network security and popular attack vectors.
• An understanding of web-based application vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10).

Benefits

• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off