SETA Cyber Vulnerability Test Specialist

MATLOK Innovation is seeking a Cyber Vulnerability Test Specialist to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to a Department of War (DoW) customer. This role requires an experienced offensive cybersecurity practitioner capable of planning and conducting hands-on vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and adversary emulation against complex weapon and mission systems.

Working directly with government personnel and technical teams, you will examine system architectures, identify potential attack paths, and conduct authorized testing to determine how vulnerabilities could affect mission execution. You will apply red team techniques to challenge security assumptions, validate weaknesses, and assess the effectiveness of defensive controls. Testing may involve enterprise networks, industrial control systems, electronic buses, and embedded platforms.

Responsibilities include contributing to cybersecurity test plans, developing test approaches, executing assessments, and producing technically defensible findings. You will document reproducible results, distinguish demonstrated vulnerabilities from unverified concerns, and explain their operational significance. The work requires sound judgment and disciplined execution within established test objectives, scope, and rules of engagement.

We are looking for someone with demonstrated offensive testing capability, strong technical fundamentals, and the ability to investigate unfamiliar technologies with minimal direction. You should be comfortable adapting tools and techniques, developing scripts or utilities, and working through problems that do not have established procedures. Success in this role depends on technical depth, curiosity, clear communication, and the ability to turn testing results into useful customer decisions.