Red Team (Offensive Security) Engineer

Job Title: Systems Security Specialist

Location: Baltimore, MD

Duration: Direct Hire / FTE

Schedule: Hybrid (2x Onsite)

Job Description:

Required Qualifications

- A Minimum eight (8) years of progressive experience in cybersecurity

- A minimum of five (5) years performing penetration testing or red team engagements.

- A minimum of five (5) years conducting network penetration testing, web application and API testing, internal and external vulnerability assessments and threat modeling and attack path analysis

- A minimum of five (5) years developing and delivering formal penetration test reports, including executive summaries and technical remediation guidance.

- A minimum of five (5) years supporting incident response investigations and validation testing.

- A minimum of five (5) years with common penetration testing tools (e.g., Metasploit, Burp Suite, Nmap, Wireshark, Nessus, etc.).

- Strong knowledge of Secure coding practices, Application security testing (SAST/DAST concepts), Network architecture and segmentation and Identity and access management concepts

- A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated scripting or development ability in at least one language (e.g., Python, C/C++, PowerShell, Bash).

- A minimum of five (5) years of working with NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST 800-53 or similar federal control frameworks, MITRE ATT&CK and OWASP Top 10

- A minimum of five (5) years of experience mapping findings to security control frameworks.

- At least one recognized offensive security certification (e.g., OSCP, GPEN, GXPN, CEH, or major experience can substitute for certification).

- Demonstrated ability to communicate technical findings to executive and non-technical audiences, and provide actionable remediation recommendations.

- Demonstrated experience working in government or highly regulated environments