# Cloud Pentesters (Cyber Security Engineers)

REQUIRED: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph LOCATION: Full-time onsite in Washington Metro Area We are looking for Cloud Pentesters (Cyber Security Engineers) who bring deep cybersecurity experience and a strong grasp of cloud provider designs and services. You’ll perform penetration testing, apply adversarial techniques, and use exploitation methods to evaluate cloud, enterprise, and virtualized systems. Your work will include analyzing network architectures, reviewing system and hypervisor configurations, designing or validating IT security architectures, and developing risk-based mitigation plans from detailed test results. Who We Are: We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, and IT program management. Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence Ardent Principles offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry-leading benefits package designed to support long-term stability and employee well-being. We provide more than a position-we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission-focused impact. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled

- **Id**: 653437
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ardentprinciples-cloud-pentesters-cyber-security-engineers>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-09T20:42:10Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T09:07:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 59
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1411
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Penetration Testing, Information Security, IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation

## Company

- **Id**: 668946
- **Name**: Ardent Principles
- **Domain**: ardentprinciples.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ardentprinciples>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Pinpoint

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.2
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 11
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 130000
- **Max**: 260000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 260000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Days open**: 59

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-10T20:42:10Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-25T04:36:24Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-30T19:38:26Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 8
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.216
- **P room**: 0.35
- **Age days**: 59
- **Expected fill days**: 11
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 260000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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