Offensive Cyber Operations / Penetration Testing Lead (Red Team)

Hybrid onsite at Dallas, TX, 75019 / Jersey City, NJ, 07310 / Tampa, FL, 33647

Contract to Hire role

2 round interview process

Description: - Reporting to the Director of the Offensive Cyber Operations team.

- As a central leader within the Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) program , you will administer and coordinate endtoend assessments and exercises, assess and define procedures and tools, and guide the deployment of assessment methodologies and reporting practices.

Expectations for the Offensive Cyber Security Operations Team Lead: - Lead and execute full scope Red Team engagements and adversaryemulation campaigns across network, identity, cloud, and human attack surfaces.

- Plan and manage Red Team operations , including scope definition, objectives, rules of engagement, operational constraints, and de-confliction.

- Evaluate and assess preventive and detective controls (e.g., EDR, SIEM, IAM, NAC) by analyzing telemetry and validating alerting/response workflows.

- Collaborate with Detection, Response, and Purple Team partners during livefire and validation exercises.

To succeed in this role, you should: Certifications: - Penetration testing or Red Team certification, such as OSCP, OSEP, CRTO, GXPN (or equivalent).

Skills: - Have at least seven (7) years of professional level experience in one or more technical disciplines, including Penetration Testing, Networking, Firewalls, Server Administration, Encryption, Cloud, Containers, Databases, or Software Development.

- Have at least two (2) or more years of experience as a penetration tester.

- Offensive and RED TEAM experience.

- Demonstrate advanced understanding of adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

- Be proficient with multiple opensource and commercial security tools (e.g., Nessus, Burp Suite, AppDetective, Metasploit, NMAP).

- Understand security guidelines such as NIST 800 53 and NIST 800 115

EEO: Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.