Senior Penetration Tester / Red Team Engineer
Cognizant
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This role pays less than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$193,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $159k versus about $168k for comparable roles.
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CoStar Group is the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces, including CoStar, Apartments.com, and LoopNet platforms. Industry: Commercial Real Estate Data & Analytics
CoStar Group currently has 59 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $133,000–$190,000 across 59 roles with salary data.
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The Senior Penetration Tester joins the security team to evolve pentesting capabilities for internal and external processes, infrastructure, and applications. This role involves leading penetration tests on web applications and underlying infrastructure using manual and automated techniques. The successful candidate will develop test plans to validate vulnerabilities, demonstrate exploitability to engineering teams and senior leadership, and collaborate on purple team exercises. Key responsibilities include growing capabilities in cloud-native domains, performing secure code reviews, and recommending remediations for root causes. Required skills include proficiency in Python, PowerShell, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Go, alongside experience with Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Nmap, Bloodhound, and Metasploit. The role addresses security risks across Active Directory, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and mobile applications, while staying current with adversary tradecraft.
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