Senior Offensive Security Engineer – Red Team

KeyBank·Ohio·Posted 21d ago·via Talent.com

RegionUSA
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Job Description: - Provide day-to-day technical and operational leadership for the Cyber Defense Red Team

  • Prioritize work, assign engagements, oversee execution, escalate issues, and coordinate deliverables
  • Coach and mentor team members and support technical and leadership development
  • Coordinate third-party vendors, dependencies, stakeholders, risks, blockers, and decisions
  • Partner with Detection Engineering, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, and Incident Response teams on purple team exercises
  • Develop and execute maturity roadmaps, testing strategies, methodologies, standards, tooling, automation, and quality assurance practices
  • Define and report program metrics covering testing coverage, execution quality, remediation outcomes, and control validation
  • Lead intelligence-driven adversary emulation and full-scope red team operations
  • Conduct physical, external/internal, wireless, web application, and mobile application security assessments
  • Lead assessments across cloud platforms, identity infrastructure, privileged access management, hybrid enterprise environments, and embedded systems
  • Develop and operationalize Red Team tooling, automation, and adversary emulation capabilities
  • Lead adversarial testing of AI applications, machine learning systems, generative AI, large language models, and autonomous agents
  • Review engagement plans, rules of engagement, evidence, findings, and reports
  • Coordinate third-party penetration testing and provide post-mortem reports and executive briefings
  • Evaluate SOC, EDR/XDR, SIEM, and other security-layer detection and response capabilities
  • Track remediation, validate fixes through retesting and attack path analysis, and support CTEM initiatives
  • Research novel offensive techniques, incorporate threat intelligence, and deliver presentations and knowledge-sharing sessions

Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

  • 12+ years of experience in Red Team or Penetration Testing roles
  • Experience leading complex offensive security engagements and coordinating technical teams
  • Experience building or maturing a Red Team, adversarial simulation, or penetration testing program
  • Proficiency with Red Team tools and Command-and-Control (C2) frameworks
  • Advanced networking knowledge and attack simulation experience
  • Deep understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and adversary TTPs
  • Deep understanding of penetration testing methodologies such as PTES, ISECOM, ISSAF, or OSSTMM
  • Knowledge of AI security risks and adversarial testing techniques
  • Strong scripting and programming skills in PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, Bash, Golang, or similar languages
  • Deep understanding of Windows, Linux, Kali Linux, and macOS
  • Direct experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Strong research and reporting skills
  • Ability to translate technical findings into actionable recommendations for technical and executive audiences
  • Strong team leadership, coaching, prioritization, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills
  • Experience presenting findings, metrics, and recommendations to executive leadership, governance committees, audit stakeholders, and technical teams
  • Experience defining strategy, establishing standards, measuring performance, and driving continuous improvement
  • Ability and willingness to travel for on-site assessments

Benefits: - Base salary range of $96,000.00–$181,000.00 annually

  • Eligibility for incentive compensation, which may include production, commission, and/or discretionary incentives
  • Flexible workspace options when roles can be performed effectively in a mobile environment
  • Benefits for which the position is eligible (specific benefits linked in posting)

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