Penetration Tester, Senior The Opportunity: As a seasoned cyber professional, you know that understanding adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures is essential to producing the intelligence that drives mission success. At Booz Allen, you can apply your skills and high level expertise to shape strategy and mitigate the most critical vulnerabilities. Here, you aren't just deciphering reports, you're telling the story that informs some of our nation's most far reaching cybersecurity decisions. As a cyber threat specialist on our team, you'll lead a team focused on helping clients solve complex problems using tools such as Advana, Splunk, Carbon Black, Tenable, EDR platforms, and MYSP. Through penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, risk analysis, and ongoing threat monitoring, you'll work with multiple stakeholders to evaluate risk and deliver meaningful, actionable recommendations. You'll oversee the monitoring of security environments and identify gaps by viewing systems through the mindset of an adversary. In this role, you'll influence mission outcomes by monitoring network environments for emerging threats, analyzing integrated Validated Online Lifecycle Threat (VOLT) reports with all source intelligence, and supporting damage assessment efforts that help determine adversary capabilities and impacts. Booz Allen is committed to creating an environment where your cyber career can thrive â with mentoring, access to cutting edge resources, and opportunities to earn in demand certifications that elevate your expertise. With roles supporting both public and private sector missions across multiple geographies, your growth is limited only by your appetite for exploration. Work with us to secure vital systems, networks, and critical infrastructure. Join us. The world can't wait. You Have: 7 years of experience with cyber penetration testing or developing risk and threat mitigation plans 7 years of experience operating in Linux, Windows, and virtual platforms 7 years of experience with computer attack methods and system exploitation techniques 7 years of experience leveraging adversarial tactics to conduct hands on security testing 7 years of experience performing network security analysis, including software or traffic analysis TS/SCI clearance Bachelor's degree in a Cybersecurity, CS, or IT field DoD 8140 baseline Level II Certification such as Security , CySA , CISSP, or DoD Cyber Workforce Framework Certification Nice If You Have:⯠Experience with manually auditing source code, including Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Rust, or C, to find security issues Knowledge of tools, tactics, and techniques targeting artificial intelligence (AI) systems and their ecosystems Bachelor's degree in CS, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), HTB Certified Penetration Tester Specialist (CPTS), eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (EJPT), GIAC Global Information Assurance Penetration Tester (GPEN), or GIAC Cloud Penetration Tester Certification Clearance:⯠Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required. 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