Penetration Tester
Location : Denver, CO (remote till pandemic)
Duration : Expected to be 6+ months with possible of extensions
Positions : 02
Responsibilities:
- Understand and safely use various open source penetration testing tools and when appropriate, emulating hacker tactics, techniques, procedures
- Create security vulnerability reports for both technical and executive audiences
- While in-between assessments, you will be expected to improve any existing processes and develop tools
- Automate tasks and script at a basic level to enhance penetration testing processes
- Passion for learning new technologies and processes, and contributing to refining existing capabilities
- Communicate with stakeholders (technical and non-technical), both verbal and written
Minimum Qualifications:
- Solid fundamentals in webapp and network pen testing (3+ years).
- Understanding of security issues for desktop, virtual, cloud services and network infrastructures
- Working knowledge of information systems security standards/practices (e.g., access control and system hardening, system audit and log file monitoring, security policies, and incident handling)
- Experience with secure network protocols and encryption of communications between networked hosts
- Experience in IT systems and security policies, standards, industry trends, and techniques
- Experience with assessing APT threats, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Management, attack methodologies, forensics analysis techniques, malware analysis, attack surface comprehension, Cyber Threat Emulation operations, Cyber Advanced Threat Emulation Team operations and research, identification, and/or verification of new APT TTPs
- Fundamental understanding of security knowledge of testing mobile, native applications, web applications, distributed and database systems
- Must be detail-oriented and possess strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze for potential future issues
Solid understanding of common webapp vulnerabilities, exploitation techniques, and remediation options