Application Penetration Tester - Government
Full Time • Fully Remote - US
Application Penetration Tester - Government
Position- Contract - Remote (Vermont)
Required:
Position- Contract - Remote (Vermont)
Required:
- Hands-on experience in application penetration testing
- Ability to identify, validate, and document security vulnerabilities
- Experience performing vulnerability re-testing after remediation
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and role-based access controls
- Proficiency in analyzing application endpoints, workflows, and data flows
- Strong written communication skills for producing detailed technical reports
- Ability to use penetration testing tools for logging, packet tracing, and evidence collection
Preferred Skills
- Experience performing penetration testing in government or regulated environments
- Familiarity with vendor-hosted or cloud-hosted application security testing
- Skill in assessing complex application architectures and multi-role access models
- Ability to provide detailed remediation guidance based on findings
- Advanced reporting skills with clear risk ranking and reproducible steps
- Professional certifications such as OSCP, CEH, GPEN, or PenTest+ (preferred but not required)
Specific Skills:
- Web and application penetration testing expertise
- Ability to test authenticated user roles and access control paths
- Strong vulnerability identification, exploitation, and impact assessment skills
- Proficiency in packet tracing, traffic analysis, and log review
- Ability to clearly document findings with screenshots, evidence, and reproduction steps
- Strong understanding of common security flaws (OWASP Top 10, access control weaknesses, session.
If you are interested, please share your updated resume with your contact number to sivarajan.s@zirlen.com, and also feel free to reach out at 972-433-6033 Ext. 1005.
This is a remote position.
About Zirlen
Zirlen Technologies Inc, A Leading IT Services company, offering a wide array of solutions customized for a range of key verticals and horizontals. From strategy consulting right through to implementing IT solutions for customers, Zirlen addresses the entire IT space. As a diverse end-to-end IT solutions provider, Zirlen offers a range of expertise aimed at helping customers re-engineer and re-invent their businesses to compete successfully in an ever-changing marketplace.
Zirlen is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Zirlen collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.
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