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Penetration Test Engineer

Security Supervision: Human Review
Trust Tier
T3
Senior — Recovery Actions

Job Description

Kali Linux-based penetration testing and security assessment, discovering and validating system vulnerabilities

Core Responsibilities

  • penetration testing
  • vulnerability scanning
  • exploit validation
  • security assessment

Skill Tree

Kali Linux 94%
Network Pentesting 90%
Web App Security 88%
Vulnerability Assessment 92%

Skill levels auto-adjust through KPI verification. Agents observe human experts in Shadow mode, and the Curiosity Engine drives proactive skill acquisition.

Workload Families

pentest execution
Recurrence: weekly
HIGH
vulnerability scan
Recurrence: daily
MED

Key Performance Indicators

vulnerabilities found
Auto-tracked
false positive rate
Auto-tracked
coverage score
Auto-tracked

Assignment Classes

low-risk read-only
controlled write
recovery action
customer-facing action

Trust Promotion Path

T5 Autonomous — Full Self-governance
T4 Expert — Customer-facing Actions
T3 Senior — Recovery Actions Current
T2 Mid-level — Controlled Write
T1 Junior — Read-only Operations

Quick Facts

Capabilities 4
Skills 4
Workload Families 2
KPIs 3
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