# Penetration Tester – Cyber Engineer

Parra Consulting Group (PCG) is hiring a Penetration Tester - Cyber Engineer to join a team of engineers from diverse backgrounds solving complex, multi-disciplinary problems. This position works hands-on with the latest electronics, performing in-depth assessments and analyses of sophisticated systems using penetration testing and threat-hunting techniques. This is a full-time position, 100% on-site at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. An active Secret clearance is required to start, and the position requires up to 25% CONUS travel. This successful candidate will be responsible for the following: Perform in-depth assessments and analyses of sophisticated systems using penetration testing and threat-hunting techniques. Conduct grey and black box penetration testing against systems and electronics. Apply exploitation techniques such as buffer overflows, fuzzing, SQL injection, man-in-the-middle attacks, covert channels, secure tunneling, XSS, privilege escalation, and lateral movement. Disassemble devices and identify hardware components to support assessments. Develop and present proofs of concept that demonstrate exploitation techniques. Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary engineerin

- **Id**: 4191204
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/pcg-penetration-tester-cyber-engineer>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Aberdeen, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T19:23:50Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T19:23:50Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2880
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Penetration Testing, Management Consulting

## Company

- **Id**: 4420385
- **Name**: PCG
- **Domain**: parrainc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/parrainc>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: BambooHR

## Technologies

- **Burp Suite** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Nessus** — Optional: no
- **Nmap** — Optional: no
- **OWASP Top 10** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Wireshark** — Optional: no
- **Bash** — Optional: yes
- **Perl** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Ruby** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T19:23:50Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 60
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T21:40:11Z

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