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U.S. Dept. of Labor code 15-1299.04Market Standard — BLS 15-1299 group; Bright Outlook; ~29%+ growth

Penetration Testers

What this job is about

Conduct comprehensive penetration testing to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities.

What this work involves, step by step

AI can help most with the planning, drafting, and paperwork below — not the hands-on parts.

  1. 1

    Assess physical security

    Evaluate the physical security of servers and network devices to identify vulnerabilities.

  2. 2

    Gather stakeholder data

    Collect data from stakeholders to assess risks and develop mitigation strategies.

  3. 3

    Conduct security audits

    Perform network and security system audits using established criteria.

  4. 4

    Develop penetration tests

    Create and execute tests that simulate techniques used by cyber threat actors.

  5. 5

    Document findings and report

    Document the results of penetration tests and prepare reports on security fixes.

Tools used in this work
Amazon Web Services AWS softwareAnsible softwareApple iOSApple macOSBashCC#C++DockerGitHubGoGoogle AndroidIBM TerraformJavaScriptKubernetesLinuxMicrosoft Active DirectoryMicrosoft Active Server Pages ASPMicrosoft Azure softwareMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft PowerShellMicrosoft SQL ServerOracle JavaOracle Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EEPerlPHPPythonRubyServiceNowShell scriptSplunk EnterpriseStructured query language SQLUNIX

Free — no credit card required. 200 messages included.