Job Requirements
Bethesda, MD
Secret Polygraph Unspecified
Career Level not specified
$101,000 - $178,135
Job Description
Job Number 733450BR
Description:Lockheed Martin's Red Team is seeking an experienced Cyber Test Exploitation professional. If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and applying ethical hacking techniques to protect cutting-edge military technology, this role offers the chance to put your skills to work for the corporation, our customers, and the warfighter.
What You Will Be Doing:
In this role, you will lead and execute advanced exploitation and penetration-testing initiatives, assess potential attack vectors, and develop mitigations that enhance Lockheed Martin's overall security posture. Key responsibilities will include the following:
• Leading and conducting exploitation and penetration testing, research, and development across Lockheed Martin enterprises, products, programs, and technologies
• Identifying potential exploitation or malicious attack vectors and implementing mitigations to strengthen our security posture
• Applying a broad range of standard and custom testing tactics, techniques, and procedures to uncover security weaknesses, assess attack surfaces, and recommend remediation
• Collaborating with senior technical partners on critical business and information-security matters, delivering actionable results
• Coordinating penetration-testing and red-teaming activities across multiple organizations to support enterprise-wide initiatives
• Influencing security practices for Lockheed Martin environments, contracts, and business units
Who You Are:
• A technically proficient cyber professional with a solid background in penetration testing and the ability to contribute immediately to engagements.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with a proven track record of problem solving and follow-through.
• Capable of multitasking effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter and team player who quickly masters new concepts under senior guidance.
• Creative, collaborative, and mission-focused, with a positive attitude toward achieving strategic objectives.
Further Information About This Opportunity:
This is a hybrid role with part-time telecommuting; proximity to one of the listed Lockheed Martin facilities is preferred, though other major sites may be considered. US citizenship is required, with eligibility for Secret clearance or higher
Basic Qualifications:
• Experience with hands-on-keyboard penetration testing, including web applications and its various components (injection, XSS, validation, session mgmt, web services, hosting, web traffic analysis, etc)
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, Ruby, Bash, Grep/Sed/Awk, etc) including work on offensive cyber tools
• Networking knowledge (networking essentials, data flows, architecture, protocols, traffic, wireless, etc.)
• Experience leveraging AI in offensive operations, against both traditional and AI systems, models, and guardrails
• Experience evaluating the security posture of AI-enabled systems and producing threat model reports that include AI specific attack surfaces
• Experience with engineering LLM-driven exploit generation pipelines and integrating them with existing red team frameworks
• Understanding of AI safety concepts (guardrails, alignment, output filtering) and how they can be bypassed or reinforced in offensive scenarios
• US citizenship is required to start, with eligibility for Secret Clearance or higher
• Ability to travel (20%)
Desired Skills:
• Certifications (OSCP, OSCE, CEH, CEPT, GIAC {Web, wireless, forensics, mobile, exploit researcher})
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure
• Knowledge of adversarial activities in cyberspace with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) with the ability to emulate these TTP to assess vulnerability and risk
• Thorough understanding of Active Directory and how to test against it and/or use it to your advantage
• Familiarity with Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) activity; Offensive hacker mindset
• Ability to lead others and deliver results (brief leadership, customers, etc.).
• Effective documentation and verbal communication skills in customer-facing roles
• Active Secret clearance or higher
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $101,000 - $178,135. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SERVICES
Relocation Available: No
Career Area: Cyber Security
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
Description:Lockheed Martin's Red Team is seeking an experienced Cyber Test Exploitation professional. If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and applying ethical hacking techniques to protect cutting-edge military technology, this role offers the chance to put your skills to work for the corporation, our customers, and the warfighter.
What You Will Be Doing:
In this role, you will lead and execute advanced exploitation and penetration-testing initiatives, assess potential attack vectors, and develop mitigations that enhance Lockheed Martin's overall security posture. Key responsibilities will include the following:
• Leading and conducting exploitation and penetration testing, research, and development across Lockheed Martin enterprises, products, programs, and technologies
• Identifying potential exploitation or malicious attack vectors and implementing mitigations to strengthen our security posture
• Applying a broad range of standard and custom testing tactics, techniques, and procedures to uncover security weaknesses, assess attack surfaces, and recommend remediation
• Collaborating with senior technical partners on critical business and information-security matters, delivering actionable results
• Coordinating penetration-testing and red-teaming activities across multiple organizations to support enterprise-wide initiatives
• Influencing security practices for Lockheed Martin environments, contracts, and business units
Who You Are:
• A technically proficient cyber professional with a solid background in penetration testing and the ability to contribute immediately to engagements.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with a proven track record of problem solving and follow-through.
• Capable of multitasking effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter and team player who quickly masters new concepts under senior guidance.
• Creative, collaborative, and mission-focused, with a positive attitude toward achieving strategic objectives.
Further Information About This Opportunity:
This is a hybrid role with part-time telecommuting; proximity to one of the listed Lockheed Martin facilities is preferred, though other major sites may be considered. US citizenship is required, with eligibility for Secret clearance or higher
Basic Qualifications:
• Experience with hands-on-keyboard penetration testing, including web applications and its various components (injection, XSS, validation, session mgmt, web services, hosting, web traffic analysis, etc)
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, Ruby, Bash, Grep/Sed/Awk, etc) including work on offensive cyber tools
• Networking knowledge (networking essentials, data flows, architecture, protocols, traffic, wireless, etc.)
• Experience leveraging AI in offensive operations, against both traditional and AI systems, models, and guardrails
• Experience evaluating the security posture of AI-enabled systems and producing threat model reports that include AI specific attack surfaces
• Experience with engineering LLM-driven exploit generation pipelines and integrating them with existing red team frameworks
• Understanding of AI safety concepts (guardrails, alignment, output filtering) and how they can be bypassed or reinforced in offensive scenarios
• US citizenship is required to start, with eligibility for Secret Clearance or higher
• Ability to travel (20%)
Desired Skills:
• Certifications (OSCP, OSCE, CEH, CEPT, GIAC {Web, wireless, forensics, mobile, exploit researcher})
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure
• Knowledge of adversarial activities in cyberspace with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) with the ability to emulate these TTP to assess vulnerability and risk
• Thorough understanding of Active Directory and how to test against it and/or use it to your advantage
• Familiarity with Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) activity; Offensive hacker mindset
• Ability to lead others and deliver results (brief leadership, customers, etc.).
• Effective documentation and verbal communication skills in customer-facing roles
• Active Secret clearance or higher
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $101,000 - $178,135. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SERVICES
Relocation Available: No
Career Area: Cyber Security
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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