Senior Offensive Security Engineer
RegionUSA
Job description
Job Description: - Plan, scope, execute, and report on penetration tests across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments, endpoints, internal web and desktop applications, and APIs
- Provide prioritized remediation guidance
- Partner with development teams to integrate testing into release and delivery cycles
- Help mature application security and SDLC practices
- Lead quarterly red team and purple team operations
- Manage the private bug bounty program, including strategy, scope, vulnerability triage, severity validation, and remediation coordination
- Operate the continuous attack surface monitoring platform and drive remediation of external findings
- Oversee third-party testing vendors and the annual external penetration test
- Validate remediation through retesting and track findings to closure
- Translate offensive findings into defensive improvements with Security Architecture, Detection Engineering, Threat & Fraud Defense, and Audit
- Develop and refine offensive tooling, techniques, and processes
- Track and report program metrics, risk reduction, and security posture improvements
- Present results to technical teams and senior leadership
- Provide technical leadership, coaching, and work direction to additional offensive security team members as the team grows
Requirements: - 8+ years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, red teaming, or equivalent offensive security roles
- Experience performing penetration tests against Azure, AWS, and/or GCP environments, endpoints, web and desktop/native applications, and APIs
- Experience conducting full-scope red team operations and purple team exercises
- Strong background in vulnerability triage, risk prioritization, and guiding remediation
- Experience managing or significantly contributing to a bug bounty program
- Familiarity with continuous attack surface management platforms and external exposure reduction
- Understanding of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and modern detection and response capabilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting findings and risk to executives and non-technical stakeholders
- Preferred: experience developing custom tooling, exploits, implants, payloads, or evasion techniques
- Preferred: hands-on experience with Cobalt Strike, custom C2 frameworks, Burp Suite, and modifying offensive tools
- Preferred: programming or scripting proficiency in Python, PowerShell, C/C++, Rust, etc.
- Preferred: certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, OSCE, GXPN, or equivalent demonstrated expertise
- Preferred: experience with third-party penetration testing vendors
- Preferred: experience with secure SDLC, DevSecOps, or secure code review
- Preferred: knowledge of detection engineering, SIEM/EDR capabilities, or blue team perspectives
- Preferred: prior experience in financial services, insurance, or regulated environments
- Preferred: prior experience mentoring or leading other security engineers
Benefits: - Bonus
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness programs
- 401K plan with matching contributions
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