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.

The Pay Range For This Role Is

160,000 - 195,000 USD per year(AJ6)

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