Penetration Tester

Job Description:
TMC provides Systems and Software Assurance Services to the NASA Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program located in Fairmont, West Virginia. At the NASA Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility, we support NASA's IV&V Program, delivering analysis and verification & validation of safety-critical and mission-critical software for a number of important NASA programs, including both human and robotic exploration as well as earth and space science collection platforms.
The successful candidate will learn to work independently and as a member of a team in one or more of these IV&V projects or other IV&V Program functional areas.
Responsible for simulating real-life cyber attacks with the goal of helping an organization improve its security posture. This is a highly technical hands-on role that will utilize development, system administration and creativity skills. It is an opportunity for a team player to enhance a world-class team and learn new skills.

• Conduct host/network/application penetration testing as a member of a technical team

• Perform full-scope penetration tests (discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities) on network infrastructure, services, systems and desktop/web applications

• Test the exploitation of security policies and access controls in restricted/secure environments (e.g. GPO bypass, privilege escalation and A/V evasion)

• Possess ability to review, modify and develop programs or scripts in Assembly, C , C#, VBS, Python, Perl, Ruby, PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, Java, PHP and other languages to exploit systems/applications, analyze data, configure systems and automate tasks

• Work extensively from the Windows and UNIX/Linux command line (e.g. Bash and PowerShell)

• Review custom applications source code for security flaws and vulnerabilities

• Possess ability to test, identify and exploit vulnerabilities in web applications without the use of scanning tools

• Research and formulate recommendations for vulnerabilities

• Employ extensive use of Microsoft Office main tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio to prepare plans, reports, diagrams, tables, briefings, etc.

• Be able to present, demonstrate, explain and document operational impact of a particular vulnerability or the combination of many vulnerabilities and flaws

• Develop proof-of-concept examples and scenarios for reports and live demonstrations

• Create/document tactic, techniques and procedures (TTP) to train and expand/share knowledge with customers and team members

• Ability to develop presentations and reports, document findings accurately; attention to detail is a vital skill

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to convey findings in a tactful manner with the technical proficiency level appropriate to the skills and/or understanding of the audience.

• Critical thinking skills are a must

Job Requirements:
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Bachelor’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience, OR Master’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience

• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret security clearance (Must be a US Citizen)

• C experience

• Penetration testing experience

Job Type: Full-time