Senior Security Engineer - Penetration Testing

Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.

Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

Position Summary

As a member of the enterprise penetration testing team within the broader Cyber Defense function, this role will be responsible for conducting application and infrastructure penetration tests to help strengthen the security of application and network assets.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct advanced penetration tests on web applications, mobile applications, network infrastructure, and cloud environments.

Assist in scoping, executing and peer reviewing prospective change and operational assurance penetration testing engagements

Understand and safely use various penetration testing tools and when appropriate, emulating hacker tactics, techniques, procedures

Develop scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance CVS’s penetration testing processes

Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for various consumers of penetration testing results.

Keep up with the latest cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and trends.

Collaborate with other Cyber defense teams to help improve detection capabilities.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of overall experience & at least 3 years of hands-on experience in penetration testing applications and networks.

One or more offensive security certifications such as OSCP, OSCE, OSWE, GMOB, GPEN or equivalent

Experience with cloud environments (GCP, Azure, AWS), web and mobile applications.

Deep understanding of network protocols, operating systems, and application technologies.

Strong knowledge of tools used for wireless, web application, and network security testing

Good understanding of Unix/Linux/Mac/Windows operating systems, including bash and PowerShell

Shell scripting or automation of simple tasks using Perl, Python, or Ruby

Demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Team player comfortable working in a dynamic environment

Self-starter and capable individual contributor

Ability to document and explain technical details to both technical & non-technical stakeholders

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Preferred Qualifications

In depth penetration testing of iOS and Android mobile applications.

Background in software development, system, and network administration.

Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, technologies authentication mechanisms.

Good understanding of methods to secure microservices and APIs

Strong understanding of networking, systems, and storage concepts, in Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) preferred.

Knowledge of programming languages/ scripting tools including Python, Shell scripts for penetration testing

Advanced knowledge of penetration testing methodologies, tools, and frameworks such as Kali, Metasploit, Burp, Frida, and others.

Offensive Security Expertise: Demonstrated ability to design, execute, and manage complex red team operations, including network exploitation, social engineering, and advanced attack simulations against enterprise environments.

Experience bypassing modern defense mechanisms (EDR, SIEM, firewalls, etc.) and deep knowledge of adversary tactics (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK)

Education-

Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or equivalent work experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient, and affordable. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists, and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$83,430.00 - $222,480.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.

In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.

For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health (https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/31/2024

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.