Application Penetration Tester - Government

Job Description

Job DescriptionApplication Penetration Tester - Government
Position- Contract - Remote (Vermont)
Required:

• Hands-on experience in application penetration testing
• Ability to identify, validate, and document security vulnerabilities
• Experience performing vulnerability re-testing after remediation
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and role-based access controls
• Proficiency in analyzing application endpoints, workflows, and data flows
• Strong written communication skills for producing detailed technical reports
• Ability to use penetration testing tools for logging, packet tracing, and evidence collection

Preferred Skills

• Experience performing penetration testing in government or regulated environments
• Familiarity with vendor-hosted or cloud-hosted application security testing
• Skill in assessing complex application architectures and multi-role access models
• Ability to provide detailed remediation guidance based on findings
• Advanced reporting skills with clear risk ranking and reproducible steps
• Professional certifications such as OSCP, CEH, GPEN, or PenTest+ (preferred but not required)

Specific Skills:

• Web and application penetration testing expertise
• Ability to test authenticated user roles and access control paths
• Strong vulnerability identification, exploitation, and impact assessment skills
• Proficiency in packet tracing, traffic analysis, and log review
• Ability to clearly document findings with screenshots, evidence, and reproduction steps
• Strong understanding of common security flaws (OWASP Top 10, access control weaknesses, session.

If you are interested, please share your updated resume with your contact number to sivarajan.s@zirlen.com, and also feel free to reach out at 972-433-6033 Ext. 1005.