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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Penetration Engineer
Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Type: Contract
Closing Date: 2007-08-17
CPT (Cisco Penetration Tester) Network Hacker Description:
TEKsystems is currently hiring Penetration Testing Engineers with strong skills
in network security and ethical hacking. The project we're working on for our
client, is a large Security Operations Center Build-Out. TEKsystems is looking
for technical professionals who are willing to work with the Department of
Information Resources here in Austin to stand up a Security solution for a Core
MPLS Network. This is a very large and unique Network. The SOC is currently in
the design and installation phase and plans on being operational by the end of
August.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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The position will require a minimum of 3 to 5 years of commercial network
security testing experience. Experience should demonstrate a thorough
understanding of network and application level threats and exploitation of
vulnerabilities. Must demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and experience with
methodologies such as the OSSTMM to exploit Internet connected systems and
applications. This position will require demonstrable technical experience with
tools used in the ethical exploitation of software vulnerabilities such as
BackTrack, Nessus, Paros, Nikto/Wikto, Metasploit, and manual techniques. A
thorough understanding of widely used techniques including SQL Injection,
cross-site scripting, session based attacks, cookie manipulation, wireless
network attacks, social engineering techniques, network and system
fingerprinting, information gathering, Google hacking, active and passive
attacks, privilege escalation, and enumeration of Windows and *nix based system
information. A st
rong understanding of common network protocols and their associated weaknesses
is required. The candidate must be able to systematically categorize threats
based on the difficulty of exploitation, potential impact, prevalence,
mitigating controls, and relevance/existence within a particular organization.
Candidate must have strong documentation and report writing skills. Experience
customizing security tools and automating test procedures using common
scripting languages is a plus.
CONTACT
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Sarah Philips
sphilips@teksystems.com
TEKsystems, Inc. - Austin, TX
12331 Riata Trace Parkway
Suite A200, Building 3
Austin, TX 78727
TEL: (512) 249-4940 FAX: (512) 249-4990
TEKsystems
Sarah Philips
Recruiter
sphilips@teksystems.com
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