Penetration Tester - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Penetration Tester supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Penetration Tester, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Penetration Tester joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of cyber security services to the customer. We provide consummate cyber security risk management “as a service” platform across multiple fabrics and centers. We have responsibility to ensure operational IT capabilities provide the client with necessary timeliness, accuracy and security of information demanded from all our highly professional roles. Be the change, lead our change – join us!HOW A PENETRATION TESTER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Conduct internal and external penetration testing of networks, web applications, databases, and cloud services

Manually exploit and compromise networks, web applications, databases, and cloud services to include privilege escalation and lateral movement

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

Ability to meet and coordinate with various audiences to include developers, system administrators, project managers, and senior government stakeholders

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)

Produce actionable, threat-based reports on security testing results

Conduct security reviews, technical research, and provide reporting to increase security defense mechanisms

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education: Bachelor's Degree (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline)

Required Experience: 8+ yrs

Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Required Technical Skills:

Experience with NIST 800-53 and Risk Management Framework

Desired Certifications:

CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker Certification, CPT - Certified Penetration Tester

Desired Skills:

Strong writing skills

Experience with AWS and Azure Cloud Security

Location: McLean, VA - On Customer Site

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness packages

Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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