
Senior Penetration Tester
Somos, Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Colorado • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $131,000 - $145,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead and execute red team engagements, emulating advanced threat actors to assess detection and response capabilities.
- Perform internal and external penetration testing across networks, applications, APIs, cloud environments, and physical security (as required).
- Develop and manage penetration testing methodologies, tooling, and reporting standards.
- Provide actionable remediation recommendations to engineering, DevOps, and IT teams.
- Oversee the end-to-end vulnerability management program, including identification, prioritization, tracking, and remediation validation.
- Partner with IT and application owners to drive timely patch management, ensuring critical vulnerabilities are addressed within SLA.
- Own and maintain the organization’s SAST, DAST, and SCA tooling and processes.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate security testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Review application architecture, code, and configurations to identify security gaps.
- Assist in internal and external audits, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, FISMA or other relevant frameworks.
Requirements
- 8 years related experience, including 5+ years of experience in penetration testing, red teaming, or offensive security roles, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong knowledge of network, web application, and cloud security concepts.
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CISA, OSCP, or CEH.
- Hands-on experience with penetration testing and red team toolsets (e.g., Burp Suite, Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Nessus, Kali Linux, BloodHound, etc.).
- Experience running and managing SAST, DAST, and SCA tooling (e.g., Veracode, Qualys, GitHub Advanced Security, WIZ, SonarQube).
- Strong understanding of vulnerability scoring systems (CVSS), exploitability, and risk management.
- Familiarity with common security standards (OWASP Top 10, NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK).
- Ability to clearly communicate technical issues and risk to executives and technical team
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Hard Skills & Tools
penetration testingred teamingvulnerability managementsecurity testingnetwork securityweb application securitycloud securityrisk managementexploitabilityvulnerability scoring systems
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvinganalytical thinking
Certifications
CISSPCISAOSCPCEH