Penetration Tester

Halvik • Arlington, VA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Halvik Corp delivers a wide range of services to 13 executive agencies and 15 independent agencies. Halvik is a highly successful WOB business with more than 50 prime contracts and 500+ professionals delivering Digital Services, Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security and Cutting-Edge Technology across the US Government. Be a part of something special. Halvik is seeking an experienced Penetration Tester. This individual is responsible for evaluating the security of an organization's applications, networks, cloud environments, and supporting infrastructure by conducting authorized, scoped offensive security testing to identify, validate, and help remediate vulnerabilities. This role focuses on hands-on manual testing and controlled exploitation to demonstrate real-world impact, confirm exploitability, and provide clear, actionable remediation guidance to technical teams and leadership.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of web application security, OWASP Top 10, and modern attack techniques against web apps and APIs.
• Demonstrated ability to distinguish false positives vs. exploitable issues, document evidence, and provide pragmatic, developer-friendly remediation guidance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with mobile (Android/iOS) testing, cloud penetration testing (AWS/Azure/GCP), or CI/CD and supply chain testing.
• Relevant certifications: OSCP, GWAPT, GPEN, PNPT) or equivalent proven experience.

Responsibilities

• Engagement scoping & planning: Partner with stakeholders to define objectives, rules of engagement, in-scope assets, testing windows, and success criteria; ensure testing is authorized and safely executed.
• Reconnaissance & enumeration: Perform passive and active discovery of attack surface, services, endpoints, APIs, and misconfigurations; map trust boundaries and data flows.
• Manual application testing: Conduct deep testing of web apps, mobile apps (as applicable), and application programming interfaces (APIs), aligned to OWASP Top 10 and common design/implementation flaws.
• Network and infrastructure testing: Identify and validate weaknesses such as exposed services, weak segmentation, insecure protocols, credential issues, and misconfigurations across on-prem and cloud assets.
• Post-exploitation analysis (when in scope): Assess blast radius, lateral movement paths, sensitive data exposure, and persistence risks; collect evidence responsibly and minimize operational impact.
• Reporting & remediation support: Deliver clear reports including reproduction steps, risk ratings, evidence, and prioritized fixes; communicate effectively with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders; retest fixes as needed.

Benefits

• Company-supported medical, dental, vision, life, STD, and LTD insurance
• Benefits include 11 federal holidays and PTO
• Eligible employees may receive performance-based incentives in recognition of individual and/or team achievements.
• 401(k) with company matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts for commuter, medical, and dependent care expenses
• Tuition Assistance
• Charitable Contribution matching

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed