Cyber Engineering Tester

Peraton is seeking an experienced Cyber Engineering Tester to become part of Peraton’s Department of State (DoS) Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program providing leading cyber and technology security experience to enable innovative, effective and secure business processes.

Location: Beltsville, MD. Flexible for occasional telework – must be local to work location.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Department of State Engineering Team by performing and leading smoke and functional tests to assess the successful implementation of user requirements of customer systems.
• Identifying and implementing consistent testing processes aligning to DevSecOps best practices.
• Coordinate within a SAFe Agile Release Train testing engineering outputs across multiple Product Teams.
• Reporting and demonstrating findings to Product Owners and engineers.

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Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years’ of relevant experience. An additional 4 years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree/education.
• Either possess or obtain prior to start date ONE of the following certifications:
• CASP+ CE, CCNA Cyber Ops, CCNA-Security, CCNP Security, CEH, CFR, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), Cloud+, CySA+, GCED, GCIA, GCIH, GICSP, SCYBER, VCA DCV, PPDA, Agile IC, SNOW App Dev  
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active Secret security clearance. 
• Ability to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance. 

Preferred:

• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
• One of the following certifications or an alternate, verifiable certification demonstrating IT security competence:
• CompTIA CASP+
• ISC2 Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP)
• ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• ISC2 Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)
• Advanced understanding of the following:
• Networking principles and technologies such as IP routing, TCP/UDP, VPNs, firewalls, NAT, etc.
• Common network protocols such as SSH, FTP, SMTP, SMB, HTTP, etc.
• Operating system principles such as process management, device management, user management, file systems, etc.
• Data processing principles such as encoding, hashing, encryption, etc.
• Scripting and programming languages such as Bash, Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, etc.
• Common application vulnerabilities and exploits such as outdated components, permissions misconfigurations, lack of input validation, logging/monitoring failures, etc.
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and navigating IT environments implementing multifactor authentication.
• Cloud technologies and platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), etc.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.