Available Positions
Job Title: Senior Penetration Tester
Location: Washington, DC / Houston, TX / Remote (upon approval)
Job Type: Contract to Hire
In this role, as a Senior Cybersecurity Penetration Tester, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining an adversarial testing program to help secure the network, assets, software, cloud, web based, mobile, and other technologies that are used throughout the entirety of the client’s systems and applications. This position will work with the Security Program to identify potential weaknesses and enhance the cybersecurity risk posture for IT leaders and other stakeholders.
Responsibilities
  • Research, plan, and execute complete penetration testing and red team operations to identify software/network/cloud potential exploits, vulnerabilities, and other weaknesses in security controls.
  • Develop and plan methodologies, playbooks, and procedures to implement an adversarial-based IT security program.
  • Assess network architecture reviews (manual/automated) and advise on best practices.
  • Assist with the development of remediation recommendations for all identified findings.
  • Conduct meetings and communicate risks to stakeholders and IT leaders and engineers while advocating for mitigation.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
  • 5 years plus of significant, recent relevant experience in IT security penetration testing or red teaming with deep knowledge of scanning tools and vulnerability enumeration
  • Bachelor’s degree required in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
  • OSCP Certification (Desired)
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (Desired)  SANS GPEN (Desired)
  • Experience building and growing a penetration testing program combined with a willingness to build and lead our team over time
  • Must have hands on experience with muti-function penetration testing tools such as: Kali Linux, Metasploit, and Wireshark
  • Hands-on experience developing adversary courses of action using MITRE ATT&CK or similar frameworks
  • Hands-on experience executing penetration testing tactics, techniques, and procedures used to identify vulnerabilities in web applications, servers, cloud infrastructure, and on-premises network infrastructure
  • Will need to remain up to date on threat intelligence to learn new exploits, attack patterns, and vulnerabilities
  • Strong programming and scripting skills with knowledge of diverse programming languages
  • Data-driven decision making and teamwork skills
  • Experience delivering findings to IT leadership and other stakeholders to get vulnerabilities addressed
  • Effective analytic, oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
V3Main offers excellent careers opportunities for professionals who possess outstanding interpersonal skills and are results-oriented team players.  If you are interested to join our team,  please submit your resume and cover letter on the Apply page or email it to [email protected].