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Senior Penetration Tester - Remote with Travel

Securicon LLC
Alexandria, VA Remote Full Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026 CLOSED ON 7/29/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Penetration Tester - Remote with Travel position at Securicon LLC?

Position TitleSenior Security Engineer (Senior Penetration Tester)

 

Description:   Delivers consulting project activities, ranging from problem identification through final project close-out through medium to long term engagements requiring varied interpersonal and technical skills. Technical responsibilities include problem identification, system architecture assessment, application and/or network security assessment, security testing, client interaction, solution deployment and cost/schedule monitoring. 


This work is remote but requires 25% travel within the United States.

 

Requirements

 

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience

 

Experience:

  • Five to eight years direct related work experience

 

Required Skills:

  • 8 or more years of technical experience required, including at least 5 years in security services.
  • Strong analytical skills required
  • Must have direct experience in performing network and/or application security assessments including:
  1. Network or Application Vulnerability Assessments
  2. Penetration Tests
  3. Network or Application Architecture Assessments
  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to:
  1. Read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals  
  2. Document procedures that conform to a prescribed style and format
  3. Present information to management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

 

Preferred Skills:

  • Previous Professional Services consulting experience
  • Industry certification such as CCIE, CCNA, CISSP, CCSE, MCSE desirable

 

Essential Functions

 

  • Identify and assess customer information technology infrastructure regarding risks and vulnerabilities.
  • Significant technical and operational knowledge of:
    1. Firewalls
    2. Network intrusion detection
    3. Security audits, diagnostics, forensic tools
    4. Web access controls
    5. Advanced authentication methods
    6. Management tools and procedures
    7. Enterprise security programs
  • Be able to perform:
  1. Network or Application Vulnerability Assessments
  2. Penetration Tests
  3. Network or Application Architecture Assessments

 

Responsibilities and Additional Duties

 

  • Work with minimal supervision as an individual contributor and as lead for engagement team when appropriate
  • Manage technical contribution of matrix team(s) of security consultants and engineers toward successful project completion.

 

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