TS Penetration Tester | DoS

Conceras • Beltsville, MD, US • 16h ago

Job Title: Penetration Tester SME

Clearance Requirement: TOP SECRET (Active)

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Compensation:$170k and up

Work Location: Beltsville, MD

Conceras is seeking a highly motivated Penetration Tester. The successful candidate will provide support to the Cybersecurity Integrity Center (CIC) in the Department of State Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM). Duties are in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area (30% in downtown D.C; 70% in Beltsville, MD. The CIC supports cybersecurity monitoring, threat analysis, incident response, and infrastructure remediation within and across all of the State Department’s information technology (IT) infrastructure. The CIC coordinates and collaborates with other State Department bureaus as well as other organizations within the Federal Government, and commercial partners.

Description of Duties:

The Penetration Tester will provide support for HVA Assessments using methodology by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Assessment Evaluation and Standardization (AES) program with broad and in-depth knowledge to conduct offensive cyber operations across the organization globally. In this role, you will conduct offensive security operations to emulate adversary tactics and procedures to test preventative, detective, and response controls across the global technology landscape. The Penetration Tester will:

Conduct highly complex offensive security operations testing consistent with known adversary tactics techniques and procedures and contribute to the development of objectives and approaches taken to remediate risk
Apply sound technical and management principles to identify and remediate cybersecurity --vulnerabilities across the State Department global IT enterprise infrastructure
Apply organizational and process change principals
Evaluate system performance results, perform risk assessments, and evaluate performance metrics

Responsibilities include:

Provide ad-hoc penetration testing and assessment services on Department of State systems identified by the leadership
Develop, Identify and resolve security vulnerabilities related to deployment and testing processes
Streamline and optimize processes and procedures in order to rapidly remediate vulnerabilities from cybersecurity threats
Collaborate with Department and external cyber stakeholders on cybersecurity technology implementations to meet specific operational needs
Perform technical evaluations of recommended vulnerability mitigation actions and make recommendations based on impact and/or other countermeasures
Develop strategies for CIC cyber defense technologies, ensuring integration and alignment for continued operation
Conduct assessments of threats and vulnerabilities; determine deviations from acceptable configurations, enterprise, or local policy; assess the level of risk; and develop and/or recommend appropriate mitigation countermeasures in operational and non-operational situations
Network Mapping include but are not limited to a network map of the organization’s system that includes a visual representation of the organization's physical devices and digital network
Perform operation and maintenance activities in support of existing CIC cyber tools and technologies (MSV, Qualys, Tenable Nessus and others)
Identify, diagnose, and prioritize anomalies in cyber defense infrastructure and resources
Perform cybersecurity testing of developed applications and/or systems. Identify and direct the remediation of technical problems encountered during testing and implementation of new systems
Document security issues and impacts identified through offensive operations in a clear and concise manner to facilitate reporting to impacted stakeholders
Provide guidance and recommendations to stakeholders responsible for security remediation actions to close identified gaps and remediation validation testing
Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s and five (5) years or more experience; Master’s and five (5) years or more experience; PhD or JD and five (5) years or more experience; 4-6+ years penetration testing experience.

A degree in CS or related field. Web application penetration testing, LPT, Source code vulnerability analysis, serious problem-solving skills experience

All penetration testers/operators must be DHS/CISA AES Qualified within 90 days of onboarding.

Desired Education, Skills & Experience:

Bachelor degree in cyber security and related discipline or equivalent years of experience and expertise
4 years Microsoft Operating Systems (OS) engineering and support experience focusing on Active Directory (AD), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
4-6 years Network penetration testing experience
In-depth experience in planning, implementing, and managing large/global enterprise infrastructures
Familiarity of various analytical tools (Splunk, USBDeview, Netwitness, MimiKatz)
Understanding of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools (Splunk, McAfee)
Familiarity of Cobalt Strike, Nessus, Kali Linux, Burp Suite, Nmap and OpenVAS for databases
Knowledge of general attack stages
Skill in the use of social engineering techniques and using penetration testing tools
Familiarity with OMB, NIST, DHS, and related security guidelines and directives
Interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate effectively, and excellent written and oral communications
Network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth)
Server/endpoint OS (Microsoft, Linux, IOS) along with mobile and cloud technologies
Cloud application security, Vulnerability Management and Security Information, and Event Management capabilities
Knowledge of identity and access management solutions (MFA, PKI, SAML, etc.)
Countermeasures / mitigations to identified cybersecurity risks
Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), domain name system, and directory services
Ability to generate and implement capabilities to monitor organization’s network in real-time
Ability to provide Vulnerability Scanning Risk Assessment
Information protection technologies (e.g., firewalls, antivirus, threat protection, servers, routers, and others as appropriate).
Ability to identify and exploit web vulnerabilities (XSS, CSRF, SQLi, SSRF, arbitrary file upload, etc.)
Ability to identify and exploit mobile vulnerabilities (API issues, insecure storage, memory corruption, deep links, etc.)
The ability to read and write assembly (x86 and ARM)
The ability to provide binary analysis tools and debuggers (IDA Pro, Ghidra, WinDbg, etc.)