Manual Ethical Hacker

2 weeks ago• Boston, MA (+7 more)
Seattle, WACharlotte, NCWashington, DCDenver, COChicago, ILJacksonville, FLJersey City, NJ

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About Us

Bank of America provides people, companies, and institutional investors with industry-leading financial products and services.
Size: 10000+ employees

Industry: Financial Services

CO Salary Range: USD 117,000.00 - 147,700.00 per year Job Description: At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

Manual Ethical Hacking is part of the Application Development Security Framework Program within Bank of America's Cyber Security Assurance Offensive Security group. The program provides services to assess the vulnerability of the bank's applications to malicious hacking activity.

This intermediate technical role is responsible for performing application security assessments of the bank's technologies, applications, and cyber security controls while adapting testing methods to evolving and emerging threats. Key responsibilities include performing research, understanding the bank's security policies, working with the appropriate partners to complete assessments and simulations, identifying misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, and reporting on associated risk. These individuals partner closely with security partners, CIO clients and multiples lines of business.

Key Responsibilities in order of importance:

• Perform assigned analysis of internal and external threats on information systems and predict future threat behavior
• Incorporate threat actors' tactics, techniques, and procedures into offensive security testing
• Perform assessments of the security, effectiveness, and practicality of multiple technology systems
• Leverage innovative thinking to help solve problems or introduce new ideas to processes or products applicable to offensive security.
• Prepare and present detailed technical information for various media including documents, reports, and notifications
• Provide clear and practical advice regarding managed risks
• Learn and develop advanced technical and leadership skills, Mentor Junior assessors in technical tradecraft and soft skills

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Required Skills:

• Minimum of 4 years of professional pentesting, application security or ethical hacking experience, preferably in a large, complex, enterprise environment- Detailed technical knowledge in at least 3 of the following areas: security engineering; application architecture; authentication and security protocols; application session management; applied cryptography; common communication protocols; mobile frameworks; single sign-on technologies; exploit automation platforms; RESTful web services
• SQL injection/XSS attack without the use of tools
• Experience performing manual code reviews for security relevant issues
• Experience working with SAST tools to identify vulnerabilities
• Able to manually identify and reproduce findings, discuss remediation concepts, develop Po Cs for vulnerabilities, use scripting/coding techniques, proficiently execute common penetration testing tools, triage, and support incidents, and produce high value findings
• Experience performing manual web application assessments i.e., must be able to simulate a
• Knowledge of network and Web related protocols/technologies (e.g., UNIX/LINUX, TCP/IP, Cookies)
• Experience with vulnerability assessment tools and penetration testing techniques
• Solid programming/debugging skills
• Experience of using a variety of tools, included, but not limited to, IBM App Scan, Burp and SQL Map
• Threat Analysis
• Innovative Thinking
• Technology Systems Assessment
• Technical Documentation
• Advisory

Desired:

• CISSP, CEH, OSCP, OSWE, GPEN, Pen Test+ or similar

• Strong programming/scripting skills

• Mobile application analysis

• Frida

• Binary analysis (disassembly skills)Skills:

• Advisory

• Innovative Thinking

• Technical Documentation

• Technology System Assessment

• Threat Analysis

• Adaptability

• Collaboration

• Executive Presence

• Scenario Planning and Analysis

• Test Engineering

• Controls Management

• Information Systems Management

• Issue Management

• Mentoring

• Presentation Skills

This job will be open and accepting applications for a minimum of seven days from the date it was posted.

**Shift:**1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 40

Pay Transparency details:

• US - CO - Denver - 1144 15th St
• Denver Gis (CO9926), US - DC - Washington - 1800 K St NW - 1800 K Street NW (DC1842), US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St
• Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540), US - MA - Boston - 100 Federal St - 100 Federal St Lp (MA5100), US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101), US - WA - Seattle - 401 Union St
• Rainier Square (WA1510)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$117,000.00 - $147,700.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits:

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

Client-provided location(s): Boston, MA, Seattle, WA, Charlotte, NC, Washington, DC, Denver, CO, Chicago, IL, Jacksonville, FL, Jersey City, NJ

Job ID: Bank OfAmerica-JR-26000923

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-13T19:07:34
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Perks and Benefits

Health and Wellness

• FSA
• HSA
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Pet Insurance
• Mental Health Benefits

Parental Benefits

• Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
• Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Adoption Leave
• Family Support Resources

Work Flexibility

Office Life and Perks

Vacation and Time Off

• Leave of Absence
• Personal/Sick Days
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Sabbatical
• Volunteer Time Off

Financial and Retirement

• 401(K) With Company Matching
• 401(K)
• Financial Counseling

Professional Development

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Internship Program
• Associate or Rotational Training Program
• Mentor Program
• Access to Online Courses

Diversity and Inclusion

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