# Cloud Security Penetration Tester

Responsibilities: Plans, leads, and conducts penetration tests across multi-cloud environments and cloud-hosted applications. Performs manual and automated testing to identify and validate vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, IAM weaknesses, privilege-escalation paths, insecure trust relationships, and cloud attack paths. Develops detailed assessment reports and presents findings to technical teams and leadership. Leads reporting and collaborates with IT sub-divisions, third-party partners, and business units to identify the impact of technology implementations on IT and business operations. Leads the evolution of cloud penetration testing methodologies, tooling, automation, standards, and best practices. Maintains subject matter expertise. Researches emerging cloud vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and offensive security tooling. Leads the evaluation and onboarding of new tooling, and develops custom tools as needed. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Minimum of ten years of related work experience, including at least three years in information security. Undergraduate degree in related field or equivalent combination of traini

- **Id**: 3885889
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/the-vanguard-group-cloud-security-penetration-tester>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dallas, United States, Charlotte, United States, Malvern, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T19:35:56Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T20:58:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2735
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Penetration Testing, Cloud Security, Wealth Management & Financial Advisors, Online Brokerage & Trading Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 253
- **Name**: The Vanguard Group
- **Domain**: vanguard.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/vanguard>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 86
- **Ghost share**: 0.07
- **Stale share**: 0.605
- **Repost share**: 0.14
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 28
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **Burp Suite** — Optional: no
- **IAM** — Optional: no
- **Pacu** — Optional: no
- **Prowler** — Optional: no
- **ScoutSuite** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T19:35:56Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 8; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 228 · green card filings: 155; Filings 12m: 228

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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