Senior Cyber Vulnerability Researcher - TS/SCI required

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About the role

Parsons is looking for a Senior Cyber Vulnerability Researcher to join the team! In this role, you will support the development of tools and products enabling cyber vulnerability research and testing at the application, operating system, hardware, and network levels. This position is flexible for remote and/or office work with strong career growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provide mentorship and direction to engineers and researchers on threat research and development goals
• Test and evaluate 3rd party capabilities using open source and proprietary tools
• Craft unique, tailor-made emulated threat scenarios leveraging tools such as Python/Scapy, Caldera, Metasploit
• Document and collaborate on scenario development and findings with team members, both internal and external
• Develop and maintain threat scenario automations using combinations of Bash, Python, Java, Selenium
• Coordinate, develop, and test scenario preparation activities with the Cyber Range team

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred) and minimum of 8+ years of professional experience
• TS/SCI is required
• U.S. citizenship is required
• Ability to provide critical analysis and review of test plans, test results, and documentation
• Ability to learn, adapt, develop, test, and troubleshoot at all application and operating system layers
• Excellent written and verbal skills to communicate with technical team members, managers and customers
• Scripting and software development using Python/Java/C++
• Proficiency with Linux and command line environments (Ubuntu, Red Hat, Rocky)
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies (e.g. VMware, KVM, Proxmox)

Skills

• Proficient in analyzing performance issues and testing efficiency improvements
• Familiarity of networking concepts and protocols at all layers of the OSI model
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework and Cyber Security concepts

Security Clearance

An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position. This position is part of our Federal Solutions team. The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe.

Pay

Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $196,400.00

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• Paid time off
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Flexible work schedules
• Holidays