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Penetration Testing, Software Assurance and Vulnerability Assessment Engineer

Washington, District of Columbia, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-17 → 2026-09-25

Core

Conducting senior-level penetration testing, software assurance, and vulnerability assessment engineering to identify and remediate security flaws in software and cloud environments.

Role type

Senior IC cybersecurity engineer (penetration testing & vulnerability assessment)

Builds

Secure cloud and hybrid environments, remediated vulnerabilities, and actionable security reports

Domain

Cybersecurity, Defense & Civilian Government

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Penetration testing, software assurance, vulnerability assessment, security patch management, secure cloud/hybrid engineering, Cross Domain Solution (CDS) activities, automated security tooling

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Automated security tools

Responsibilities

Conduct software assurance activities and penetration testing using automated tools; Support vulnerability assessment, security patch management, and CDS activities; Identify, analyze, document, and communicate vulnerabilities and remediation recommendations; Support secure engineering practices across cloud, hybrid, and software environments

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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