Penetration Tester

Acuity INC•, VA

5d•$175,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Acuity is growing and looking to hire a Penetration Tester. Acuity, Inc., a technology consulting firm that supports federal agencies, combines industry partnerships and long-term federal experience with innovative technical leadership to support our customers’ critical missions. We offer a great company culture with wonderful work/life balance and a robust compensation package. Acuity was awarded "Best Places to Work" by the Washington Business Journal for over 8 years and "Top Workplaces" by Washington Post.

Requirements

Experience with NIST 800-53 and Risk Management Framework
Ability to meet and coordinate with various audiences to include developers, system administrators, project managers, and senior government stakeholders
TS/SCI w/Poly

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS Cloud Security
Strong writing skills
CEH – Certified Ethical Hacker Certification
CPT – Certified Penetration Tester

Responsibilities

Conduct internal penetration testing and vulnerability assessment of servers, web applications, web services, and databases
Conduct security reviews, technical research, and provided reporting to increase security defense mechanisms
Manually exploit and compromise operating systems, web applications, and databases
Examine results of web/OS scanners, scans and static source code analysis
Identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance issues
Write final reports, defend all findings to include the risk or vulnerability, mitigation strategies, and references
Provide security recommendations for developers, system administrators, project managers, and senior government stakeholders
Report vulnerabilities identified during security assessments
Write penetration testing Rules of Engagements (RoE), Test Plans, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)