Penetration Tester

$101,400 - $183,300/Yr

Leidos - Ashburn, VA

Full-time

Ashburn, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. The Leidos Digital Modernization Team is seeking a Penetration Tester to join the Enterprise Security Operations Center team. The Digital Modernization Sector brings together our digital transformation and IT programs, allowing us to better serve our customers through scale and repeatability. Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your resume with us today! The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a US Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, cloud, security devices, servers and workstations. The CBP SOC is responsible for the overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations.

Responsibilities

• Perform cloud pen tests and act as the cloud pen testing SME for the team
• Perform internal and external pen tests against systems to determine vulnerabilities and offer mitigation strategies
• Perform web app pentests
• Perform vulnerability risk assessments
• Perform physical pentests and social engineering
• Perform cyber incident response as needed for programs

Requirements

• Bachelors' degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 8 to 12 years of professional experience; or 6 to 10 years of professional experience with a Masters' degree
• At least 6 years pen testing experience with at least 2 years cloud pen testing experience
• Proficient in testing of Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS infrastructure, with supporting knowledge from testing other cloud providers
• Certifications: At least one mobile pentesting certification such as SANS GMOB, CISSP, GISF, GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN, OSCE, OSCP, OSEE, OSWP

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of Cyber Kill Chain & Intelligence Defense
• Ability to brief senior officials on pentesting requirements and results