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Job Summary:
Navstar Inc. is an award-winning organization providing IT services and solutions focused on national security. They are seeking a Senior Penetration Tester to join a high-performing agile team, responsible for ensuring the security of enterprise-wide information systems through various penetration testing and security compliance activities.
Responsibilities:
• Perform internal and external pentests against systems to determine vulnerabilities and develop mitigation strategies.
• Perform web app pentests.
• Perform vulnerability risk assessments.
• Perform physical pentests and social engineering analysis.
• Perform cyber incident response as needed.
• Evaluate the impact of new development on the operational security posture of IT systems.
• Evaluate, review, and test critical software.
• Formulate security compliance requirements for new system features.
• Identify and remediate security issues throughout the system.
• Audit and assess system security configuration settings using common methodologies and tools.
• Work with development teams to enrich team-wide understanding of different types of vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and remediation approaches.
• Work closely with System Engineering, Test Engineering, and Integration teams to ensure hardware and software architecture and implementations meet strict security requirements.
• Propose, assess, coordinate, implement, and enforce information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert in security architecture, to include providing advice to Program Managers, Customer technical experts, and internal program teams.
Qualifications:
Required:
• To be eligible for this position you must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Must have experience with penetration testing tools.
• Must have experience in web development and programming languages such as Java, XML, Perl and HTML.
• Must have experience with programming/scripting in Python, Powershell, C, JavaScript, etc.
• Must have extensive experience performing IT security risk assessments.
• Must have experience performing web app and physical pentests.
• Must have experience with or strong familiarity of the following Web Application tools; Burp Suite, Web Inspect, Appdetective.
• Must have experience with or strong familiarity of Kali.
• Must have experience with or strong familiarity of IPS/IDS solutions.
• Must have a strong understanding of the Cyber Kill Chain methodology.
• Must have experience applying Risk Management Framework.
• Must have experience with secure configurations of commonly used desktop and server operating systems.
• Must have the ability to effectively collaborate with technical staff and customers to form mitigation strategies and plan for continuous modernization and legacy integration.
• Must have experience managing multiple projects simultaneously and quickly and effectively adjusting to shifting priorities in resolving issues.
Preferred:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical/information assurance field and at least 12 years of relevant experience.
• Certifications in one or more of the following areas strongly preferred: GIAC Web Applications Penetration Tester (GWAPT), GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Web Application Defender (GWEB), Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP).
• Extensive experience developing/implementing integrated security services management processes, such as assessing and auditing network penetration testing, anti-virus planning assistance, risk analysis, and incident response.
• Extensive experience providing information assurance support for application development that includes system security certifications and project evaluations for firewalls that encompass development, design, and implementation.
Company:
Who We Are: Since 1999, Navstar has earned a reputation for excellence by listening to our customers, being easy to work with, and delivering on our commitments. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Reston, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.