Full-Time

Senior Penetration Tester

Posted on 9/12/2025

Dark Wolf Solutions

Dark Wolf Solutions

201-500 employees

DevSecOps, security testing, and incident response.

No salary listed

Ogden, UT, USA

In Person

US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required

Category
IT & Security (1)
Requirements
  • 7+ years’ experience in three or more specific areas to include: intelligence analysis, network engineering, networking security, penetration testing, red team operations, hardware engineering, software engineering, exploit development, reverse engineering, vulnerability assessment, physical security assessments, social engineering
  • Strong knowledge of testing simulated intrusion attempts and physical penetration testing
  • Proficiency in the testing and assessment of mobile operating systems, embedded systems and/or IoT devices
  • Familiarity with unmanned aerial vehicles and associated mobile and wireless technologies
  • Proficiency of various operating systems: Windows, iOS, Android, Mac or Linux
  • Proficiency with cloud technology and deployments: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform
  • Moderate competency in at least one scripting and/or coding language
  • Working knowledge of software development, with preference for experience working around software development teams and efforts
  • Experience in network analysis methodologies
  • Experience in drafting reports, documenting case details, and being able to summarize findings and recommendations based on system analysis
  • Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills
  • BS (or equivalent) in Cybersecurity, Information Security, IT, EE, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • Willingness to travel
  • US Citizenship and an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance required
Responsibilities
  • Plan and perform continuous cross-domain vulnerability assessments, full-scale penetration testing and red team operations.
  • Lead the technical aspect of a specific, long-term penetration testing effort, helping to conduct varied testing efforts against applications and networks for the federal government.
  • May be placed on a larger Red Team and be expected to develop a continuous campaign-based assessment that emulates the target’s real-world adversaries by developing new tools specific to the target.
  • Integrate into ongoing testing efforts, requiring subject matter expertise in multiple disciplines of vulnerability testing and assessment, the ability to interact and liaison directly with clients and a strong ability to write and document findings.
  • Travel is required on an occasional basis for clients requiring onsite testing.
  • The successful candidate will be willing to be evaluated and sponsored for a security clearance.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with container technologies to include container orchestration and microservices
  • Experience with DevSecOps and adjacent tools; strong preference for experience with Kubernetes, software development pipelines
  • Security Certification: CEH, OSCP, PNPT or similar security/pentesting certs
  • Experience employing advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, including dead system analysis and volatile data collection and analysis
  • Experience in performing post-incident computer forensics without destruction of critical data.
  • Desired experience ensuring quality assurance and the spreading of best practices
  • MS degree in technical field
  • Security+ Certification

Dark Wolf Solutions provides DevSecOps agile software development, information operations, penetration testing and incident response, applied research and rapid prototyping, machine learning, and mission support for the Intelligence Community, national security, and Fortune 500 customers. They integrate secure development, security testing, rapid prototyping, ML, and operations support to deliver secure software and cyber capabilities aligned with specific mission needs. They combine deep federal domain expertise with emerging technologies to offer end-to-end capabilities from development to ongoing operations. Their goal is to help security-focused organizations advance their missions while keeping systems secure and resilient.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Herndon, Virginia

Founded

2009

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What believers are saying

  • Secured $67.2M Air Force cyber innovation contract through Feb. 5, 2031.
  • Expands AI/ML and edge computing for Defense and Intelligence customers.
  • Leads in OT Zero Trust photonics per March 2026 blog.

What critics are saying

  • Booz Allen poaches engineers with higher salaries in 6-12 months.
  • Kessel Run $41M contract cuts hit post-2025 hypersonics shift.
  • Rapid 37 hires cause delays on HT003824F0002, triggering termination.

What makes Dark Wolf Solutions unique

  • Dark Wolf organizes into four practices: cybersecurity, software delivery/cloud, data/AI, mission enablement.
  • Integrates RackTop BrickStor secure storage to counter ransomware and insider threats.
  • Emphasizes risk-based AI governance with data readiness for federal missions.

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