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Standard Job Description LockheedMartin's Red Team is seeking an experienced Cyber Test Exploitation professional. If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and applying ethical hacking techniques to protect cuttingedge military technology, this role offers the chance to put your skills to work for the corporation, our customers, and the warfighter. What You Will Be Doing: In this role, you will lead and execute advanced exploitation and penetrationtesting initiatives, assess potential attack vectors, and develop mitigations that enhance LockheedMartin's overall security posture.

Key responsibilities will include the following: Leading and conducting exploitation and penetration testing, research, and development across LockheedMartin enterprises, products, programs, and technologies Identifying potential exploitation or malicious attack vectors and implementing mitigations to strengthen our security posture Applying a broad range of standard and custom testing tactics, techniques, and procedures to uncover security weaknesses, assess attack surfaces, and recommend remediation Collaborating with senior technical partners on critical business and informationsecurity matters, delivering actionable results Coordinating penetrationtesting and redteaming activities across multiple organizations to support enterprisewide initiatives Influencing security practices for LockheedMartin environments, contracts, and business units Who You Are: A technically proficient cyber professional with a solid background in penetration testing and the ability to contribute immediately to engagements. Strong analytical and criticalthinking skills with a proven track record of problem solving and followthrough. Capable of multitasking effectively in a fastpaced environment.

Selfstarter and team player who quickly masters new concepts under senior guidance. Creative, collaborative, and missionfocused, with a positive attitude toward achieving strategic objectives. Further Information About This Opportunity: This is a hybrid role with part-time telecommuting; proximity to one of the listed LockheedMartin facilities (Fort Worth TX, Orlando FL, or Bethesda MD) is preferred, though other major sites may be considered.

US citizenship is required, with eligibility for Secret clearance or higher Conducts exploitation testing to improve integrity and security of enterprise and weapon system environments. Performs penetration testing and related activities across a wide variety of platforms and technologies using advanced techniques and methodologies, such as embedded hardware, electronic warfare, radio frequency, etc. Utilizes domain knowledge to develop systems and exploitation methods for use in cyber and adjacent-field missions.

Solves extremely challenging and complex problems related to attack vectors and mitigations. Basic Qualifications Experience with hands-on-keyboard penetration testing, including web applications and its various components (injection, XSS, validation, session mgmt, web services, hosting, web traffic analysis, etc) Scripting experience (Python, Perl, Ruby, Bash, Grep/Sed/Awk, etc) including work on offensive cyber tools Networking knowledge (networking essentials, data flows, architecture, protocols, traffic, wireless, etc.) Experience leveraging AI in offensive operations, against both traditional and AI systems, models, and guardrails Experience evaluating the security posture of AI-enabled systems and producing threat model reports that include AI specific attack surfaces Experience with engineering LLM-driven exploit generation pipelines and integrating them with existing red team frameworks Understanding of AI safety concepts (guardrails, alignment, output filtering) and how they can be bypassed or reinforced in offensive scenarios US citizenship is required to start, with eligibility for Secret Clearance or higher Ability to travel (20%) Desired Skills Certifications (OSCP, OSCE, OSEP, OSED, CEH, CEPT, GIAC {Web, wireless, forensics, mobile, exploit researcher}) Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure Knowledge of adversarial activities in cyberspace with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) with the ability to emulate these TTP to assess vulnerability and risk Thorough understanding of Active Directory and how to test against it and/or use it to your advantage Familiarity with Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) activity; Offensive hacker mindset Ability to lead others and deliver results (brief leadership, customers, etc.). Effective documentation and verbal communication skills in customer-facing roles Active Secret clearance or higher Pay Information GeoZone Definition: GeoZones are geographic groupings created by Lockheed Martin to align compensation ranges with regional labor markets and cost-of-labor differences across the United States

Locations are assigned a Geo Zone based on the primary work location of the role. Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 1): $122600.00 - $227600.00 Includes metropolitan areas such as Sunnyvale CA; Pal Alto, CA; New York City metropolitan area; Newark, New Jersey; etc. Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 2): :$110300.00 - $204900.00 Includes metropolitan areas such as Denver, CO; King of Prussia, PA; Stratford, CT; Moorestown, NJ; etc

Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 3): :$98100.00 - $182100.00 Includes metropolitan areas such as Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Orlando, FL; Grand Prairie, TX; Marietta, GA; etc. Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 4): :$88300.00 - $163900.00 Includes metropolitan areas such as Camden, AR; Lexington, KY; Ocala, FL; Lufkin, TX; etc. At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people

Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow-both professionally and personally. The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only.

Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability. Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position

Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics. For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays

PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.