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Lead Penetration Test Engineer

Princeton, New Jersey; Calgary, Canada; Toronto, Canada; Englewood, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; Raleigh, North Carolina; New York, New York; Dallas, Texas; Houston, Texas💼 Full-time💰 $135,000–$180,000🗓 2026-08-20 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a team of penetration testers to conduct offensive security assessments, vulnerability management, and attack simulations across web applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments.

Role type

Lead Penetration Test Engineer (Offensive Security)

Builds

Security testing capabilities, remediation plans, and threat assessment strategies for S&P Global's clients and internal systems.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Offensive Security / Cloud Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Penetration testing, vulnerability management, cloud offensive techniques, scripting (Python, Bash, Go, PowerShell), DAST/SAST/SCA integration, threat modeling, report writing

Preferred skills

Cloud security (AWS/Azure/GCP), AI/ML adversarial testing, MITRE ATT&CK framework application, secure SDLC practices, Java application security

Technologies

Burp Suite, Nessus, Metasploit, Nmap, CI/CD pipelines, AWS, Azure, GCP

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive penetration tests of web apps and cloud environments; develop custom tools to automate security testing; collaborate with engineering teams on vulnerability remediation; lead attack simulations and tabletop exercises; research emerging threats and attack vectors; present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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