Cybersecurity Vulnerability Analyst

Utilize offensive toolsets such as Kali Linux to safely analyze production networks and systems, documenting steps and procedures to produce usable vulnerability assessments for the customer.
• Identify and investigate vulnerabilities, asses exploit potential, and document findings and remedies for presentation to facilitate mitigations on customer systems.
• Conduct web application vulnerability assessment testing using both automated tools and manual web exploitation techniques, using tools such as Burp Suite and open-source toolsets.
• Utilize a variety of industry standard security tools to conduct automated scans against systems and applications.
• Develop and execute proof-of-concept exploits to demonstrate the real-world impact of identified vulnerabilities, utilizing various web exploitation methods.

• Minimum Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience; OR Master's Degree and 3+ years of experience; OR 0 years with PhD. Bachelor's degree must be one of the following fields: Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or Software Engineering.
• Strong understanding of information security principles and practices,
• Understand basic IDS/IPS rules to identify and prevent malicious activity,
• Utilize MITRE ATT&CK, CVSS, and NIST frameworks to assess vulnerability severity and risk impact.
• Basic understanding of web exploitation concepts and techniques.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) top 10.
• Experience operating in aprofessional IT orcybersecurityenvironment.
• Experience investigating security events, threats and/or vulnerabilities.
• Understand informationsecurityprinciples,technologies andpractices.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• IAT Level II certification required.
• Active Secretsecurity clearance required.

• CEH,CCNA-Security,CySA+,GCIH,GICSP,PenTest+ or similar certificationa plus.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.