366 - Penetration Tester - Jr.
Job Description
Primary Responsibilities
·Perform internal and external pentest against systems to determine vulnerabilities and offer mitigation strategies.
·Perform web app pentests
·Perform vulnerability risk assessment
·Perform physical pentests and social engineering
·Perform cyber incident response as needed for programs
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors’ degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 3 to 6 years of professional experience; or 1 to 3 years of professional experience with a Masters’ degree.
3 years in Pen Testing and Vulnerability Assessment, with specific emphasis on web application and enterprise network environments.
5 years of professional experience in incident detection and response, malware analysis, or cyber forensics.
Experience with the majority of the tools listed below:
• Kali Linux
• Metaspoilt
• Burp suite pro
• Cobalt Strike / Empire
• Tenable Nessus
• Debuggers such as Immunity
• Bloodhound
• BladeRF / HakRF
• Hak5 equipment
• Wireshark / tcpdump
Specific experience in at least 1 of the following specialties:
• Mobile application testing
• Cloud infrastructure testing
• RF Testing
• Mainframe systems
Must have one of those certifications below:
CEH – Certified Ethical Hacker
CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security
GAWN – Auditing Wireless Networks
GISF – Security Fundamentals
GPEN – Penetration
GSNA – System and Network Auditor
GWAPT – Web Application Penetration Tester
GWEB – Web Application Defender
GXPN – Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester
OSCE (Certified Expert)
OSCP (Certified Professional)
OSEE (Exploitation Expert)
OSWP (Wireless Professional)
CompTIA Cyber Security Analyst (CySA+)
CompTIA PenTest+
Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User
Splunk Core Certified Consultant
Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer
eLearnSecurity Certified Professional Penetration Tester (eCPPT)
First seen 2026-05-07 16:48:01 · Last verified 2026-05-07 16:48:01
Pentest Careers · pentestcareers.com