Penetration Tester, Senior - Peraton - Herndon, VA

Responsibilities
We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Penetration Tester to join our team in the greater DMV area, supporting the Army National Guard.

Responsibilities

Plan and lead advanced penetration testing operations (Network Assistance Visits, Persistent Penetration Testing) to emulate adversary threat models against Army networks.
Execute complex network, host, and web application assessments to identify vulnerabilities, lateral attack paths, privilege escalation, and control weaknesses.
Design and conduct advanced phishing and social‑engineering campaigns to evaluate user awareness and defensive effectiveness.
Support Network Damage Assessments: validate suspected compromises, determine adversary presence/scope/impact, and provide technical findings to inform containment and remediation.
Produce timely technical reports, evidence bundles, and executive‑level briefings to support incident response and leadership decision‑making.
Coordinate testing activities with cybersecurity, SOC/CIRT, operations, and engineering teams to deconflict missions and enable rapid mitigation and retest.
Translate assessment results into actionable recommendations: detection enhancements, configuration changes, and resilience improvements.
Maintain pentest toolchains, develop repeatable test procedures, and mentor junior testers to build sustained offensive capability.

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Qualifications
Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 3 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 0 years with PhD
Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance.

Candidate must meet ONE of the following:

Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field; OR
Relevant DoD/military training (documented advanced offensive/cyber operations training); OR
Relevant professional certification or equivalent experience (examples: CISSP‑ISSEP; ISC2 CSSLP; GIAC GWAPT)