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Join GDIT a Test Engineer Principal and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you\nMEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT\n\nGDIT is seeking a senior-level Test Engineer to support the New York State Department of Health Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) program. This role is a high-impact, senior individual contributor position within the Security Architecture team. You will design and execute security test plans across a diverse technical environment spanning a mixed estate: bespoke web applications, REST/SOAP APIs, batch and integration services, file-based interfaces, COTS systems, multi-account AWS, and Azure back-office infrastructure. 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The Ethical Hacker/Penetration Tester Sr Principal must have: \nEducation: Bachelor’s in Computer Science, information security, or a related field; or equivalent experience.\nExperience: 8+ years information security, with at least 5 years of hands-on application testing or offensive security work.\nTechnical Skills:\nDemonstrated depth in web application and API testing.\nExperience testing systems under FedRAMP, HIPAA, or other regulated frameworks.\nWorking knowledge of NIST 800-53 control families and evidence mapping.\nProficiency in Python or similar scripting language for tooling and automation.\nExperience with security tools: Burp Suite Pro, OWASP ZAP, Nmap, Metasploit, Nessus/ Qualys, sqlmap; and cloud-specific tools: Prowler, ScoutSuite, Pacu, CloudSploit.\nExperience running security tooling in CI/CD (GitLab or equivalent).\n· Role Requirements:\nConvert requirements and risks into actionable test cases and acceptance criteria.\nHealthcare payer, Medicaid, or other public-sector program experience.\nObtain/maintain required NY State background checks.Strong technical writing, and ability to communicate with non-technical stakeholders\nEffective as an individual contributor, influencing through architecture guidance, reference implementations, and mentorship\n\n· Preferred Requirements:OSCP, OSWE, GPEN, GWAPT, GCPN, or AWS Security Specialty.\nHands-on AWS security testing experience: IAM, VPC networking, KMS, CloudTrail, Security Hub, Config, and common misconfiguration classes.\nTesting mainframe-adjacent systems: (MQ, file transfer, batch, terminal emulation).\nLLM-based application testing: (prompt injection, agent misuse, data leakage).\nFamiliarity with Java, COBOL, or both at a read-the-code level.\nPurple-team or detection-engineering experience with SIEM and cloud-native logging\n\n· Location: Hybrid if local to the Albany, NY area or 100% Remote\nGDIT IS YOUR PLACE At GDIT,\nthe mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.\nGrowth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities\nSupport: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals\nRewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off\nFlexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home\nCommunity: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace\nOWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY\nExplore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.\nThe likely salary range for this position is $97,968 - $132,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.Scheduled Weekly Hours:\n40Travel Required:\nNoneTelecommuting Options:\nHybridWork Location:\nUSA NY AlbanyAdditional Work Locations:\nTotal Rewards at GDIT:\nOur benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.Our Identity Verification Process:\nAs part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.About Our Work:\nWe are GDIT. 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