Job ID: 2012737
Location: BETHESDA, MD, United States
Date Posted: Nov 3, 2020
Category: Cyber
Subcategory: Cyber Eng/Archt
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
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Description
The Senior Cyber Security Penetration Tester plans, communicates, coordinates and conducts security assessments for applications, systems and enterprise networks. The overall goal of the penetration tester is to proactively identify weaknesses and ensure that devices, applications, services, and systems are designed and implemented to the highest standards and remain resilient to modern threats.
The penetration tester pro-actively conducts engagements that simulate adversarial threats and attacks in a timely manner within approved scopes by taking the vulnerabilities out of the theoretical realm to truly demonstrate the risk with the use existing tools as well as self-created tools including but not limited to creating & customizing exploits and reversing binaries to find security vulnerabilities. The penetration tester helps with the design, development and recommendation of security solutions or new policies, standards and procedures.
Constant collaboration must be managed with various organizational partners including, but not limited to the blue teams, data owners, system owners & control owners to make sure the impact of the risk is understood and managed. The Senior Cyber Security Penetration Tester must establish an excellent trust relationship with the organization and with the cyber defenders to ensure acceptable levels of risk are always maintained for the organization.
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Overview
SAIC is a premier technology integrator solving our nation's modernization and readiness challenges. Our offerings across defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets include high-end solutions in engineering, IT, and mission outcomes. We integrate the best components from our portfolio with our partner's ecosystem to deliver innovative and effective solutions. We are 25,500 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, VA, SAIC has annual revenues of nearly $7.1 billion. For information, visit saic.com or Working at SAIC for benefits details. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer empowering people no matter their race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We strive to create a diverse, inclusive and respectful work culture that values all.