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In Penetration Testing Jobs in Oregon (NOW HIRING)

Senior Software Engineer

Portland, OR

$129K - $171K/yr

NetSPI ® pioneered Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) and leads the industry in modern pentesting. Combining world-class security professionals with AI and automation, NetSPI delivers clarity ...

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Lead Engineer, AI Attack Simulation

Portland, OR · On-site +1

$108K - $143K/yr

Cybersecurity product experience or closely related experience in offensive security, attack simulation, AI security, red teaming, penetration testing, or control validation. * Strong proficiency in ...

Senior Security Engineering Manager, Product Security

OR · On-site +1

$114K - $156K/yr

... in-depth across application and infrastructure layers. * Build and mature offensive security capabilities, including attack surface management, adversarial testing, security validation, penetration ...

Staff Cloud Security Engineer

OR · On-site +1

$225K - $275K/yr

Strong opinions on the use of AI in different areas (assessments, threat models, penetration testing, etc). * A deep understanding of application architecture and design principles, ability to ...

You Have: * 5+ years of offensive security, application security, penetration testing, or red team experience with a track record of finding real application vulnerabilities. * Deep expertise in ...

Seven or more years of experience in information security, including significant experience in offensive security, penetration testing, or Red Team operations. * Demonstrated experience leading Red ...

Solutions Engineer

OR · On-site +1

As leaders in continuous offensive security and penetration testing, we deliver world-class customer experiences. Trusted by over a quarter of the Fortune 100, half of the Fortune 10, and top global ...

Infrastructure Engineer

OR · On-site +1

$107K - $140K/yr

As leaders in continuous offensive security and penetration testing, we deliver world-class customer experiences. Trusted by over a quarter of the Fortune 100, half of the Fortune 10, and top global ...

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... penetration testing firms, and compliance vendors) and navigating evidence collection and report ... You think in terms of likelihood, impact, and mitigation, and you reason from first principles when ...

Senior DevOps Engineer

OR · On-site +1

$129K - $166K/yr

... in the on-call rotation, including the one you design and improve. As the function grows, on-call is shared across the team Partners With: Our external penetration-testing provider on ongoing ...

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What is the difference between In Penetration Testing vs Vulnerability Assessment?

AspectIn Penetration TestingVulnerability Assessment
PurposeSimulates cyberattacks to identify exploitable vulnerabilitiesIdentifies and reports security weaknesses without exploiting them
DepthIn-depth, targeted testing with active exploitationBroad, automated or manual scanning for vulnerabilities
CertificationsOSCP, CEH, GPENOSCP, CEH, CISSP (common but less focused)
Work EnvironmentEngages in simulated attacks, often in controlled environmentsUses scanning tools, reports vulnerabilities

While both roles focus on identifying security issues, In Penetration Testing involves actively exploiting vulnerabilities to assess security defenses, whereas Vulnerability Assessment primarily identifies weaknesses without exploitation. Penetration testers provide deeper insights into potential attack vectors, making their work more targeted and detailed.

Is penetration testing a good career?

Penetration testing is a valuable cybersecurity role focused on identifying vulnerabilities in systems and networks. It requires technical skills, knowledge of security tools, and often certifications like OSCP or CEH. The field offers strong job growth, competitive salaries, and opportunities for continuous learning.

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Infographic showing various In Penetration Testing job openings in Oregon as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 84% Full Time, 10% Part Time, 4% Contract, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 88% Physical, 3% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution.

Senior Software Engineer

NetSPI LLC

Portland, OR

$129K - $171K/yr

Full-time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job description

NetSPI® pioneered Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) and leads the industry in modern pentesting. Combining world-class security professionals with AI and automation, NetSPI delivers clarity, speed, and scale across 50+ pentest types, attack surface management, and vulnerability prioritization. The NetSPI platform streamlines workflows and accelerates remediation, enabling our experts to focus on deep dive testing that uncovers vulnerabilities others miss. Trusted by the top 10 U.S. banks and Fortune 500 companies worldwide, NetSPI has been driving security innovation since 2001.

NetSPI is on an exciting growth journey as we disrupt and improve the proactive security market. We are looking for individuals with a collaborative, innovative, and customer-first mindset to join our team. Learn more about our award-winning workplace culture and get to know our A-Team at www.netspi.com/careers.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build and evolve a modern cybersecurity SaaS platform. This is a senior level role for engineers who want to grow building secure, scalable, and well-tested systems. We value those who understand that quality, reliability, and ownership are part of the job.

You’ll work on end-to-end features across the stack, collaborate closely with product, and contribute to a system that must perform reliably under real-world conditions. Our customers depend on our platform, which means engineering discipline, thoughtful design, and operational awareness are foundational to how we work.

This position is on a high-profile project, so you’ll be ramping up quickly, starting with authentication (bearer tokens and MFA). If you think in systems, enjoy and thrive in a collaborative environment, communicate clearly, and are motivated by building durable solutions then we’d love to meet you!

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement features across the stack (backend services, APIs, frontend), owning those features from implementation through production support
  • Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code
  • Contribute to technical design discussions and code reviews
  • Debug issues across distributed systems and production environments
  • Continuously improve code quality, automation, and engineering practices

Our general tech stack:

  • Languages: Java, Python, Rust, Go, C#, TypeScript (JavaScript)
  • Infrastructure: AWS (ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, S3, RDS Aurora)
  • Data: PostgreSQL
  • Build/Deploy: GitHub Actions
  • Platform Task Orchestration: Temporal

You’ll thrive here if you:

  • Take ownership and follow through on commitments
  • Care about code quality, performance, and testing
  • Are comfortable learning new parts of the stack and enjoy learning and evolving technically, professionally, and personally
  • Communicate clearly and collaborate well, valuing candor, care, respectful disagreement as a path to better outcomes
  • Believe diverse perspectives make teams and products stronger
  • Prefer disciplined execution over heroics
  • Approach systems thinking with rigor, curiosity, and a bias toward root-cause understanding
  • Take initiative and bias toward action; you look for ways to improve systems and move work forward

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
  • Working proficiency in one or more languages from our stack and relational databases
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills
  • Experience building or consuming RESTful APIs
  • Familiarity with containerization and cloud-based architectures (Docker, AWS)
  • Understand testing fundamentals (unit/integration)

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.