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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Penetration Engineer
Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2007-09-01
CPT (Cisco Penetration Tester) Network Hacker Description:
Penetration Testing Engineers with strong skills in network security and
ethical hacking. 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 strong 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.
Classification:
Contract-to-Hire
Compensation:
Based on experience.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Must have 3-5 years testing experience with tools
such as BackTrack, Nessus, Paros, Nikto/Wikto, Metasploit, and manual
techniques.
MUST be a TEAM player and able to work in a stressful environment. This
individual has to be creative, and comfortable with the knowledge that he/she
does has, and be able and willing to do research when required. Need to be
Fanatical about Security, love hacking/penetration testing, and looking to go
above and beyond current skill set.
CONTACT
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Please email a word resume asap to the attention of Leslie Castillo at
leslie@dcshq.com. A prompt reply can be expected. Please indicate a
convenient time to receive a call.
DCSHQ
Leslie Castillo
Senior Technical Recruiter
leslie@dcshq.com
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