Red Team Penetration Tester **

Overview SimVentions, consistently voted one Virginia's Best Places to Work, is looking for an experienced professional to join our team! As a Red Team Penetration Tester, you will be responsible for conducting penetration testing and conducting offensive cybersecurity operations for the U.S. Government and DoD systems. You will work collaboratively with Blue Team and Cybersecurity professionals to enhance overall cyber posture. ** This position anticipates funding in December 2026. ** Travel Negligible Clearance At minimum an ACTIVE Secret Clearance is required for this position. An ACTIVE Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility is preferred . Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. US Citizenship is required to obtain a clearance. Requirements Five (5) years' experience in software engineering applied to program development; modeling and simulation applied to DoD or Information Technology systems. Linux (firm grasp with demonstrated knowledge) Windows (foundational knowledge with good understanding of enterprise networks) Strong working knowledge of common Penetration Testing (PENTEST) tools: Kali Metasploit NMAP Cobalt Strike Documented experience in at least one of the following: Penetration Testing (PENTEST) Red Team Operations Tool/Software Development (exploits/malware, C2, reverse engineering, bug bounties) Python, C, C Sharp, C++, Go, Perl, Powershell Web Dev/Web App Dev/Web Penetration testing NSX, vCenter, vRealize Suite, Horizon View (VDI) and others PAN-OS FirePower, Nexus, IOS, ASA ONTAP, SnapMirror Active-Directory Active Directory, SSO, MFA, Azure application integration, Identity Federation. Automation using Powershell, PowerAutomate, Logic Apps, Graph API. Experience with Palo Alto, Cisco, VMWare, NetApp and Microsoft products. Entra ID (Azure AD), to include: Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 in a hybrid environment. Extending or integrating on premises AD with Entra ID. Managing identity and access in Microsoft Entra ID. Experience conducting Red Team operations in an MDE environment. Experience with AWS, Cloud Audit, Serverless and Microservice Architecture Experience working with AWS services (such as EC2, S3, KMS, RDS) and security best practices relevant to those services Experience with Web Services penetration testing (RESTful and SOAP) Web Authentication protocols (e.g. OAuth2, SAML, LDAP) PHP, ASP, SQL db's, Java, HTML, No SQL Minimum certification one of the following: Security+ CCNA Security CySA+ GICSP SSCP Minimum certification as penetration tester and possess one of the following certificates: Offensive Security Certs: Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE) Offensive Security Exploitation Expert (OSEE) Offensive Security Wireless Professional…