Systems Security Specialist (Senior)/ Cybersecurity

Minimum Qualifications

• A Minimum eight (8) years of progressive experience in cybersecurity
• A minimum of five (5) years performing penetration testing or red team engagements.
• A minimum of five (5) years conducting network penetration testing, web application and API testing, internal and external vulnerability assessments and threat modeling and attack path analysis
• A minimum of five (5) years developing and delivering formal penetration test reports, including executive summaries and technical remediation guidance.
• A minimum of five (5) years supporting incident response investigations and validation testing.
• A minimum of five (5) years with common penetration testing tools (e.g., Metasploit, Burp Suite, Nmap, Wireshark, Nessus, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of Secure coding practices, Application security testing (SAST/DAST concepts),
• Network architecture and segmentation and Identity and access management concepts
• A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated scripting or development ability in at least one language (e.g., Python, C/C++, PowerShell, Bash).
• A minimum of five (5) years of working with NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST 800-53 or similar federal control frameworks, MITRE Telecommunication & CK and OWASP Top 10
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience mapping findings to security control frameworks.
• At least one recognized offensive security certification (e.g., OSCP, GPEN, GXPN, CEH, or major experience can substitute for certification).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical findings to executive and non-technical audiences, and provide actionable remediation recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience working in government or highly regulated environments

Preferred Qualifications

• A Minimum ten (10) years of progressive experience in cybersecurity
• A minimum of eight (8) years of experience in Advanced Offensive Security:
  • Experience leading red team engagements.
  • Experience performing adversary emulation exercises.
  • Experience conducting phishing and social engineering simulations.
  • Experience performing purple team exercises.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in Zero Trust & Architecture:
  • Experience designing or assessing Zero Trust implementations.
  • Experience evaluating micro-segmentation strategies and identity-centric controls.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in Cloud & Modern Infrastructure:
  • Experience performing security assessments in AWS or Azure environments, Containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes) and Infrastructure-as-Code deployments
  • Experience testing CI/CD pipelines.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in Software Development Depth:
  • Strong low-level development knowledge (kernel, assembly, embedded systems) that supports advanced exploit analysis.
  • Experience reviewing source code in JAVA or other compiled languages for vulnerabilities.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in Government in the following:
  • Experience supporting federal or state government security programs.
  • Familiarity with FedRAMP, FISMA, or IRS Pub 1075 environments.