SYSTEMTEC is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Penetration Tester for a remoteopportunity for candidates working EST hours.Candidate will serve as a senior cybersecurity professional focused on penetration testing, security assessments, vulnerability analysis, and threat hunting across enterprise systems. The role combines hands-on technical testing with security investigation, risk analysis, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement of security practices.
Required Qualifications of the Senior Cyber Security Penetration Tester:
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to provide sponsorship or work with Third-Party agencies.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant technical experience in cybersecurity or a related discipline.
- Contract C2 eligibility/clearance is required.
- Hands-on experience with penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, security testing, or threat hunting.
- Strong Linux experience and proficiency with security tools such as Burp Suite, Metasploit, and Nessus.
- Ability to manually validate vulnerabilities, conduct exploitation testing, distinguish false positives, and evaluate real-world security risk.
- Strong understanding of network and system security, incident response, intrusion detection, log analysis, and security risk management.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to clearly document technical findings and communicate security risks and remediation recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Skills/Experience of theSenior Cyber Security Penetration Tester:
- Experience supporting incident response in a medium- to large-scale enterprise.
- Experience interpreting and applying cyber threat intelligence.
- CISA, CISM, or CISSP certification.
Responsibilities of the Senior Cyber Security Penetration Tester:
- Plan and execute penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, and advanced security evaluations across applications, systems, networks, and infrastructure.
- Perform hands-on testing and exploitation to validate vulnerabilities, assess attack paths, and determine potential business impact.
- Conduct threat hunting and investigate escalated security events, suspicious activity, and potential incidents.
- Research emerging threats and attack techniques while helping tune security tools to improve detection and containment capabilities.
- Provide technical guidance and actionable remediation recommendations to security teams, stakeholders, and management.
- Evaluate and improve security assessment methodologies, tools, processes, and enterprise security solutions.
Work Location: Remote. EST Hours.
Compensation / Benefits:
Full-Time Employment with SYSTEMTEC means competitive compensation, access to health, dental, disability, and life coverage, and 401(k) with match.
***Please note: SYSTEMTEC is not set up to employ workers in the states of California, New York, and New Jersey.***