Penetration Tester

Momentum Engineering, Inc., a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.

Job Summary

• Seeking a Penetration Tester to join a high performing agile team using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology on a large, complex program that provides system engineering, development, test, integration and operational support
• The candidate will work on a team of cyber Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who are providing support to a large, complex technical program for preventing, identifying, containing and eradicating cyber threats to networks through monitoring, intrusion detection, and protective security services on information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connections, public facing websites, security devices, servers and workstations
• The candidate will be responsible for the overall security of Enterprise-wide information systems, and will collect, investigate, and report any suspected and confirmed security violations

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform internal and external pentests against systems to determine vulnerabilities and develop mitigation strategies
• Perform web app pentests
• Perform vulnerability risk assessments
• Perform physical pentests and social engineering analysis
• Perform cyber incident response as needed
• Evaluate the impact of new development on the operational security posture of IT systems
• Evaluate, review, and test critical software
• Formulate security compliance requirements for new system features
• Identify and remediate security issues throughout the system
• Audit and assess system security configuration settings using common methodologies and tools.
• Work with development teams to enrich team-wide understanding of different types of vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and remediation approaches
• Work closely with System Engineering, Test Engineering, and Integration teams to ensure hardware and software architecture and implementations meet strict security requirements
• Propose, assess, coordinate, implement, and enforce information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert in security architecture, to include providing advice to Program Managers, Customer technical experts, and internal program teams

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with MD Full Scope Polygraph
• Must have experience with penetration testing tools
• Must have experience in web development and programming languages such as Java, XML, Perl and HTML
• Must have experience with programming/scripting in Python, Powershell, C, JavaScript, etc
• Must have extensive experience performing IT security risk assessments
• Must have experience performing web app and physical pentests
• Must have experience with or strong familiarity of the following Web Application tools; Burp Suite, Web Inspect, Appdetective
• Must have experience with or strong familiarity of Kali
• Must have experience with or strong familiarity of IPS/IDS solutions
• Must have a strong understanding of the Cyber Kill Chain methodology
• Must have experience applying Risk Management Framework
• Must have experience with secure configurations of commonly used desktop and server operating systems
• Must have the ability to effectively collaborate with technical staff and customers to form mitigation strategies and plan for continuous modernization and legacy integration
• Must have experience managing multiple projects simultaneously and quickly and effectively adjusting to shifting priorities in resolving issues

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical/information assurance field and at least 12 years of relevant experience
• Certifications in one or more of the following areas strongly preferred:
• • GIAC Web Applications Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
  • GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
  • Certified Web Application Defender (GWEB)
  • Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
• Extensive experience developing/implementing integrated security services management processes, such as assessing and auditing network penetration testing, anti-virus planning assistance, risk analysis, and incident response
• Extensive experience providing information assurance support for application development that includes system security certifications and project evaluations for firewalls that encompass development, design, and implementation

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

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