Penetration Testing Engineer

EEOC

Penetration Tester role at Booz Allen Hamilton safeguarding critical digital environments through advanced technologies. Conducting assessments, developing solutions, and enhancing security measures for Army National Guard networks.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeArlington • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $86,800 - $198,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

FirewallsLinuxSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

perform penetration testing, vulnerability management, and software and system assurance
conduct penetration testing activities such as reverse shell, SQL injections, social engineering, buffer overflows, trojan horses, password cracking tools and techniques, and privilege escalation
conduct assessments of threats and vulnerabilities, assess risk, and develop and recommend appropriate mitigation countermeasures
develop attack vectors, conduct reconnaissance, collect open-source intelligence, enumeration, and foot-printing of target platforms, networks, and services, and develop exploit payloads and system backdoors to identify vulnerabilities or weaknesses
identify vulnerabilities and provide actionable solutions to enhance the Army National Guard enterprise network

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience with cyber penetration testing
experience developing risk and threat mitigation plans
experience operating in Linux, Windows, and virtual platforms
experience with computer attack methods and system exploitation techniques
experience leveraging adversarial tactics to conduct security testing
experience performing network security analysis, including software or traffic analysis
knowledge of functionality and capabilities of network defense technologies, including incident response, web application firewalls, SIEM, and EDR solutions
Top Secret clearance
Bachelor's Degree

Benefits

Comp & perks

health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
paid leave
professional development
tuition assistance
work-life programs
dependent care
recognition awards program

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Hard Skills & Tools

penetration testingvulnerability managementrisk assessmentthreat mitigationSQL injectionsocial engineeringbuffer overflowexploit developmentnetwork security analysissystem exploitation

Certifications

Top Secret clearanceBachelor's Degree