Penetration Tester

Description

Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a US Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, cloud, security devices, servers and workstations.

The CBP SOC is responsible for overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations.

• Conduct penetration testing activities aligned with CBP and industry best practices.
• Perform internal and external web application, network, and infrastructure pentest assessments using commercial and open-source tools.
• Execute testing operations safely and in accordance with defined operational guidelines.
• Produce detailed reports outlining findings and actionable remediation recommendations.
• Partner with SOC, engineering, and security teams to validate and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Support tool development, methodology improvements, and team-wide knowledge sharing.
• Assist in verifying Bug Bounty findings and remediations.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline or equivalent experience with 3 to 5 (T3) or 5 to 8 (T4) years of professional experience; or 3 to 5 years of professional experience with a Master’s degree.
• 3(T3)/5(T4) years in Pen Testing and Vulnerability Assessment, with specific emphasis on web application and enterprise network environments.
• 3-5 (T3) 5-8(T4) years of professional experience in incident detection and response, malware analysis, or cyber forensics.
• Specific experience (1-3 years for T3 or 3-5 years for T4) in at least one of the following specialties:
  Network pentesting, Web application pentesting, Active directory pentesting, Mobile application pen testing, Cloud infrastructure pen testing, RF pentesting.
• Experience with 1-3 (T3) 3-5(T4) of the tools listed below:
  Kali Linux, Metasploit, Burp Suite Pro, Cobalt Strike/Sliver, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Bloodhound, Blade
  
  RF/HakRF, Hak5 equipment, Wireshark/tcpdump, Prowler, Scout suite.
• At least one pentesting certification: OSCP, GPEN, CRTO, OSWP, GWAPT, AWS Solutions Architect Associate.
• Clearance:
  In addition to specific security clearance requirements all CBP SOC employees are required to successfully complete a CBP Background Investigation.

• CISSP, GISF, GXPN, OSCE, OSEE, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Ability to brief senior government leadership on pentesting requirements and results
• Red Team operator experience
• Experience creating and updating SOPs
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
• Communication Skills

$87,100.00 - $

All qualified applicants and employees are protected from discrimination and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. The agency is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and will not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.